[ale] Leaving Linux for Outlook plugin

Geoffrey lists at serioustechnology.com
Sat Nov 22 09:57:37 EST 2008


Jim Kinney wrote:
> That sounds like a total snow job of a sales pitch this recruiter has 
> been hit with. I would be very interested in seeing a plugin that would 
> so improve outlook that it approaches the functionality of 
> Thunderbird... </sarcasm>

syntax error:  Missing beginning tag <sarcasm>

Yeah, I think, in order to provide a solution, we really know what the 
plug in does.  Make coffee?  Fix the current economic condition?  Help 
me lose weight?

> 
> How about just outlook in wine?
> 
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:43 PM, PairOfTwins <PairOfTwins at mindspring.com 
> <mailto:PairOfTwins at mindspring.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Anyone:
> 
>     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...
> 
>     A nice VM that put an Outlook icon on her Linux desktop, and saved to
>     her Linux desktop...
> 
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Tom
> 
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