[ale] Best Desktop Env or Distro for Windows users?

[Charles Marcus]

> From: Irv Mullins [mailto:irvm at ellijay.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 2:22 PM
>
>> Of course, this all depends on whether or not
>> there is an essential application that *only*
>> runs on windows that the employee needs.  In
>> this case, it would of course be necessary to
>> provide access to that program, but you can
>> still do this and run Linux terminals too.

> Example: UPS provides shipping software, which
> most businesses use. Several employees need to
> access that software. It won't run on Linux,
> UPS shows no interest in producing a Linux
> version. Wine or Win4Lin don't help.

1) What makes you think it won't run on Win4Lin?  If it will run on Windows
9x, there is a 99.99% chance it will run on Win4Lin.

2) Worst case, we setup a Windows Terminal Server and use RDesktop from the
Linux w/s.

Irv, this was not a very good argument in support of your side of the
argument - certainly not good enough to prevent a wholesale Desktop
migration to Linux.

Charles


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