[TriLUG] Frustrated MS users turn to Linux, Apple

[Jon Carnes]

What kind of apps are they using? (the ones that only run on Windows).
Would they be amenable to having a group convert those for them - perhaps
for a healthy tax-deductible donation to a local 501(c)3 non-profit.

I find that a lot of these types of apps are Database driven, and the
simplest way to convert these apps (as you point out) is to web-enable
them - using simple forms lifted straight from the appearance of the app
itself.  This is actually a lot easier than most folks think it is (or maybe
the folks at HAHT just think that way...).

Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: Thunder Bear
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 2:36 PM

The desktop side is another matter.  The major frustration is in the
proprietary apps that must run on Windows, and WINE just isn't there
yet.  We've got a nice fast terminal server but there are some in-house
apps that business partners use that only do Windows.

Luckily, many of the other in-house apps run as web applications which
helps tremendously to migrate user desktops to alternative platforms.

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 dressed in overalls and looks like work."
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