"Steve Jorgensen" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 00:58:55 -0500, "DFS" <nospamDS@nospam.com> wrote:
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> ><tanast@ing.com.au> wrote in message
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> >Technically no, though you can run Access from inside a Windows virtual
> >machine using Linux as the host OS.
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> >
http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws_features.html
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> Not quite true. Both Crossover Office (costs money) and Wine (free) can
> supposedly run MS Access now, though I haven't tried it. Neither of these[/color]
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> a virtual machine, instead, they are API translation layers, and take much
> less overhead than virtual machines.[/color]
Yes. Thanks. I should have remembered Wine; it's been available for quite
a while now.
They say Wine runs various Access versions, but only 1 person has rated the
versions and it doesn't look good
http://appdb.winehq.com/appview.php?appId=12
CrossOver ($59.95) says this about running Access 2000 (a "silver medal"
program)
"The silver is awarded to applications that install, and run well enough to
be usable. However, in our testing, we find that these applications have
signifcant bugs that prevent them from running flawlessly.
The most important aspect of a silver application is that CodeWeavers makes
a firm commitment to bring all silver applications to the gold level in
future releases of CrossOver, and that CodeWeavers will respond to and
address all bugs reported in these applications."
http://www.codeweavers.com/site/prod...xoffice/medals
Seems the VMWare solution, though costly (at $299.99), is the most usable
one.
