[ale] CrossOver Office VS Win4Lin

[keith frost]

ease of configuration, being able to install to a
local setup without being root.

it's not the end all, but it is pretty slick.

--- cfowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> CrossOver Office is using Wine.  What are the
> providing that I will not
> get if I just use the lastest Wine?
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 13:12, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> > On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 12:59, cfowler wrote:
> > > I'm evaluating CrossOver Office and Win4Lin. 
> There are merits to both. 
> > > Currently I'm having problems with ie6setup.exe
> locating download
> > > sites.  It just seems to hang on searching for
> download sites.  Which do
> > > you guys think is the best product for the buck?
> > 
> > Win4lin is a more complete solution.  More
> programs should run under
> > it.  It is also a little more intrusive since it
> requires kernel
> > patches.
> > 
> > I'm embarrassed to say that I'm now using
> CrossOver Office to run
> > Outlook and it seems to work well, though I
> haven't robustly tested it.
> > 
> > --Michael
> > 
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