[ale] Best Desktop Env or Distro for Windows users?

[Charles Marcus]

> From: Irv Mullins [mailto:irvm at ellijay.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:38 PM
>
>>> Example: UPS provides shipping software, which
>>> most businesses use. Several employees need to
>>> access that software. It won't run on Linux,
>>> UPS shows no interest in producing a Linux
>>> version. Wine or Win4Lin don't help.

>> 1) What makes you think it won't run on Win4Lin?
>> If it will run on Win9x, there is a 99.99% chance
>> it will run on Win4Lin.
>>
>> 2) Worst case, we setup a Windows Terminal Server
>> and use RDesktop from the Linux w/s.
>>
>> Irv, this was not a very good argument in support
>> of your side of the argument - certainly not good
>> enough to prevent a wholesale Desktop migration
>> to Linux.

> UPS is in just about every business everywhere.
> Therefore, someone should have already tried this.

Tried what?  UPS software on Win4Lin?

I looked, and didn't see any of 'their' software, but did find this page
that appears to be a list of companies that offer software that will
interface with their system.  Did you try all of them for a Linux version?

www.ups.com/bussol/solutions/compatible.html

> UPS's software folks didn't know of anyone. If you
> can give me a reference to someone who has already
> successfully done this, it will save a lot of work.

Like I said - if their s.w will run on Win9x, it will almost certainly run
on Win4lin.

Charles


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