[H-GEN] VMware question...

[Tony Bilbrough]

G'day Raymond
I'm  glad you asked this question.
I still have to keep a computer running for just one single Windows 98 
software application
And would really [Really] like to not have this situation.

I would most interested to know what glitches you come across, after a 
Linux VM Ware install.
Will you be running 98 se or XP under it?

Most blokes I spoke to [at Humbug] advised me to get a VM Ware Windows 
version, as it was written for Windows users, to port Linux & apps to it.
But I felt that rather defeated the main purpose of what I was trying to do!

Interesting that the replies you have had so far run quite contrary to 
this advice.

I had no major probs running Cross Over under Debian, or Xandros for 
that matter, but it really only did MS Word and Excel reasonably well, 
not seamlessly.
I found Open Office 1.1.2 actually performed most satisfactory on both 
those o/s so I gave Cross Over the toss.
Some one said that Star Office was even better, but I've never spoken to 
anyone who used it.

 Furthermore Cross Over not all that good at reading/writing to a data 
base, at least not the Starfish / Sidekick 98 style database.
Loop back to line 2!

cheers
Tony

Raymond Smith wrote:

>
>I am in the process of trying to procure a copy of VMware at work
>(having had CrossOver foiled by electronic-only distribution of 
>Windows software).
>
>I am obviously going for a workstation license, but am confused about
>which one I should buy: the Linux or Windows versions. This seems
>to come down to whether or not I have Windows -> Linux -> Hardware
>versus Linux -> Windows -> Hardware.
>
>Does anyone here have experience in running VMware? Any preferences
>for models above?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Raymond
>  
>

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