[H-GEN] VMware question...

[Raymond Smith]

Hi Tony:

[And many thanks Ewan, Josh, and Brad for their input.]

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 08:18:28PM +1000, Tony Bilbrough wrote:
> 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?

More likely to be XP than not. Might be W2K. Depends on which one
the corporate standard is up to.

> 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 have had excellent results using CrossOver. So far, no problems
at all. My problem is that my employer now uses a product called
'MyDesktop' as The One And Only Way to install MS software. Needless
to say, it only works with Windows. If I could just get a
(legitimate) CD with a license key there would be no problem.

> 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.

I have had some problems with the macro heavy Word templates here at
work. I think I was trying an older version of Open Office though,
so things may have improved. There is a political layer problem
here: people are very finicky about documents being written up
according to the template. I have enough stress in my life without
being caught up in

Incidentally -- does anyone know of good UML authoring tools
for Linux?  I have tried violet: while it is good for transcribing
composed diagrams into electronic form, I find its interface very
difficult to use when coming up with a design.


Cheers,

Raymond
-- 
raymond at humbug.org.au