WINE

[Daniel Robitaille]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Dorian Douma <agreatwhitebird at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why would anyone want to emulate anything in order to use MS Office?

In that particular case, it's a group that mostly uses Linux, but are
part of a larger organization that is mostly Windows-centic and MS
Office heavy.  OpenOffice is not good enough for the type of documents
they share back and forth. So MS Office under Crossover is a very
usable option for them.

> Plus for most people they can just use the Windows install CD and serial
> number that came with their computer... it's written on the side of mine.

for most people, yes.   But for years I I built my own desktop PC at
home, and it didn't come with a Windows CD and that sticker. For that
type of user, VirtualBox is a good option, but expensive one since you
have to go get a retail copy of the full-version of Windows to get it
to work.


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Daniel Robitaille