[ale] CrossOver Office VS Win4Lin

cfowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Thu Jun 20 13:47:15 EDT 2002


I also noticed I did not have to have a copy of Windows loaded.  Is this
true for Wine as well?


On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 13:37, keith frost wrote:
> ease of configuration, being able to install to a
> local setup without being root.
> 
> it's not the end all, but it is pretty slick.
> 
> --- cfowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> > CrossOver Office is using Wine.  What are the
> > providing that I will not
> > get if I just use the lastest Wine?
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> > On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 13:12, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 12:59, cfowler wrote:
> > > > I'm evaluating CrossOver Office and Win4Lin. 
> > There are merits to both. 
> > > > Currently I'm having problems with ie6setup.exe
> > locating download
> > > > sites.  It just seems to hang on searching for
> > download sites.  Which do
> > > > you guys think is the best product for the buck?
> > > 
> > > Win4lin is a more complete solution.  More
> > programs should run under
> > > it.  It is also a little more intrusive since it
> > requires kernel
> > > patches.
> > > 
> > > I'm embarrassed to say that I'm now using
> > CrossOver Office to run
> > > Outlook and it seems to work well, though I
> > haven't robustly tested it.
> > > 
> > > --Michael
> > > 
> > > 
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