[ale] Leaving Linux for Outlook plugin

[PairOfTwins]

Jim:

Yeah, I'm skeptical of this swiss-army-knife plugin, and hope to try it 
out before wiping any drives.

I'd checked the Wine Appdb and even last month's version rated Outlook 
2003 "garbage", but Crossover claims bronze or silver!

Thanks,
Tom
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Jim Kinney wrote:
> That sounds like a total snow job of a sales pitch this recruiter has 
> been hit with. I would be very interested in seeing a plugin that 
> would so improve outlook that it approaches the functionality of 
> Thunderbird... </sarcasm>
>
> How about just outlook in wine?
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:43 PM, PairOfTwins 
> <PairOfTwins at mindspring.com <mailto:PairOfTwins at mindspring.com>> wrote:
>
>     Anyone:
>
>     A recruiter who has been enjoying Linux for years asked me to
>     replace it
>     with XP!  Regrettably, she explains that a special Outlook plugin
>     would
>     save her so much work she could cut back her assistant's hours.  I'm
>     suggesting XP in a VM, but she's hesitant due to speed issues.
>      Also it
>     seems that this Outlook plugin would save stuff to her desktop, and
>     she's afraid of having stuff spread across her Linux desktop and
>     XP desktop.
>
>     Any suggestions would be appreciated...
>
>     A nice VM that put an Outlook icon on her Linux desktop, and saved to
>     her Linux desktop...
>
>
>     Thanks,
>     Tom
>
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