[ale] Leaving Linux for Outlook plugin

[Michael Hirsch]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 5:43 PM, PairOfTwins <PairOfTwins at mindspring.com> wrote:
> A recruiter who has been enjoying Linux for years asked me to replace it
> with XP!  Regrettably, she explains that a special Outlook plugin would
> save her so much work she could cut back her assistant's hours.  I'm
> suggesting XP in a VM, but she's hesitant due to speed issues.  Also it
> seems that this Outlook plugin would save stuff to her desktop, and
> she's afraid of having stuff spread across her Linux desktop and XP desktop.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated...

Outlook pretty well in Crossover Office from codeweavers.  That is a
commercial version of WINE that they support.  At a couple of places
I've used crossover for optimal support of my companies mail server.
It's about $50, or so.

Anyway, you can try it for free and see if the plugin installs and
runs.  If it does, then you can use that instead.  Outlook ends up in
your menus and everything.

Michael