Adams-Blake Company wrote:
> Oh Boy wrote:
>
>
>
>>>Al
>>
>>I have been using Crossover Office for 2 years now. If you use it you
>>will be able to install Internet Explorer. I bought just to use Quicken
>>and I have not looked back.
>
>
> Hmmm. Why would I have to install IE in order to run Quicken???

'Cause Quicken uses IE for its displays -- who cares? You'll never use
the thing for internet access.

BTW, you can download a full-blown trial version, pay for it if you like it.
>
> Al
>

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:33:26 -0800, Adams-Blake Company wrote:

> Oh Boy wrote:
>
>
>>> Al
>> I have been using Crossover Office for 2 years now. If you use it you
>> will be able to install Internet Explorer. I bought just to use Quicken
>> and I have not looked back.
>
> Hmmm. Why would I have to install IE in order to run Quicken???
>
> Al
You don't have to install it to use Quicken, but Quicken does use it or
Mozilla for web stuff. I have also had to use it on occassion for some
sites. It also is helpful for some music sites. The point is it is not
required but could come in handy.

Oh Boy <ohboy@nowhere.lan> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:33:26 -0800, Adams-Blake Company wrote:
> > Oh Boy wrote:
> >>> Al

>>> I have been using Crossover Office for 2 years now. If you
>>> use it you will be able to install Internet Explorer. I
>>> bought just to use Quicken and I have not looked back.

>> Hmmm. Why would I have to install IE in order to run Quicken???

> You don't have to install it to use Quicken, but Quicken does use
> it or Mozilla for web stuff. I have also had to use it on
> occassion for some sites. It also is helpful for some music
> sites. The point is it is not required but could come in handy.

If you want to use Quicken or IE your experience will be GREATLY
enhanced if you dualboot into windoze 2000. Crossover Office is
silly.

cordially, as always,

rm

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 06:29:58 -0800, Adams-Blake Company
<atakeoutcanton@adams-blaketakeout.com> wrote:

>I run W4L only for ONE program.... Quicken. That's it. There is an adaquate
>Linux substitute for everything I would use Windows for.

Give MoneyDance a look.

moneydance.com

There is a free demo that lets to make upto 100 transactions.

Bill

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 00:39:15 +0000, dcba wrote:

> Oh Boy <ohboy@nowhere.lan> wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:33:26 -0800, Adams-Blake Company wrote:
>> > Oh Boy wrote:
>> >>> Al
>
>>>> I have been using Crossover Office for 2 years now. If you
>>>> use it you will be able to install Internet Explorer. I
>>>> bought just to use Quicken and I have not looked back.
>
>>> Hmmm. Why would I have to install IE in order to run Quicken???
>
>> You don't have to install it to use Quicken, but Quicken does use
>> it or Mozilla for web stuff. I have also had to use it on
>> occassion for some sites. It also is helpful for some music
>> sites. The point is it is not required but could come in handy.
>
> If you want to use Quicken or IE your experience will be GREATLY
> enhanced if you dualboot into windoze 2000. Crossover Office is
> silly.
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm
To me it is silly to dual boot just to use one or two programs.

Oh Boy <ohboy@nowhere.lan> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 00:39:15 +0000, dcba wrote:

> > If you want to use Quicken or IE your experience will be GREATLY
> > enhanced if you dualboot into windoze 2000. Crossover Office is
> > silly.

> To me it is silly to dual boot just to use one or two programs.

True enough. You should stick with the OS that allows you to run
all the programs you need. That would be windoze in this case.

cordially, as always,

rm

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 02:46:09 +0000, dcba wrote:

> Oh Boy <ohboy@nowhere.lan> wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 00:39:15 +0000, dcba wrote:
>
>> > If you want to use Quicken or IE your experience will be GREATLY
>> > enhanced if you dualboot into windoze 2000. Crossover Office is
>> > silly.
>
>> To me it is silly to dual boot just to use one or two programs.
>
> True enough. You should stick with the OS that allows you to run
> all the programs you need. That would be windoze in this case.
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm
I guess you are right --if those were the only programs I needed. The
beauty of it all is I don't NEED windoze to do everything. Heard of
choice? Either way, this debate does not change either of our positions
or opinions, so what is the point? Anyway, I am done with the matter.

Oh Boy <ohboy@nowhere.lan> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 02:46:09 +0000, dcba wrote:

> > True enough. You should stick with the OS that allows you to run
> > all the programs you need. That would be windoze in this case.

> I guess you are right --if those were the only programs I needed.
> The beauty of it all is I don't NEED windoze to do everything.
> Heard of choice? Either way, this debate does not change either
> of our positions or opinions, so what is the point? Anyway, I am
> done with the matter.

Yes but you don't have any linux programs that aren't replaceable
with windoze versions. And yet you have windoze programs that are
not replaceable with linux versions. What this means is that you
should stick with windoze. It makes a better workstation anyway.
Remember, you don't pick an operating system for its own sake
unless you're a moron. You pick the os that does the best job for
you.

If you're done with the matter then we get the last word.

cordially, as always,

rm

wjdandreta@att.net wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 06:29:58 -0800, Adams-Blake Company
> <atakeoutcanton@adams-blaketakeout.com> wrote:
>
>>I run W4L only for ONE program.... Quicken. That's it. There is an
>>adaquate Linux substitute for everything I would use Windows for.
>
> Give MoneyDance a look.
>
> moneydance.com
>
> There is a free demo that lets to make upto 100 transactions.
>
> Bill

The last time I tried MD, it would not print with Slack 9.1 using CUPS. I
wrote the company and they acknowledged that there is a problem. I don't
know if they have fixed it. Does it print for you?

Al

On 19 Dec 2003, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
> I use Linux Business System's Linux General Ledger and I've written my own
> modules to enhance it. It's all linux and I like the application (although
> it does not have the prettiest interface -- it uses ncurses -- but it works
> and is solid.

Rich, can you give me a link for this software?
(my google searches keep coming up empty.)
Thanx!

--
William Hunt, Portland Oregon USA