[ale] Leaving Linux for Outlook plugin

[PairOfTwins]

Michael:

Yeah, when the Wine Appdb rated Outlook "garbage" I was pleasantly 
surprised to see Crossover list it as supported!  Will certainly try it out!

Tom
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Michael Hirsch wrote:
> 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
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