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Hi,
Monskey
Mono could be one of the solutions alternetive to wine.
You can always search google for more on it.

Cheers..

~Pranav

From the mono site:

The Mono Project is an open development initiative sponsored by Novell to develop an open source, UNIX version of the Microsoft .NET development platform. Its objective is to enable UNIX developers to build and deploy cross-platform .NET Applications. The project implements various technologies developed by Microsoft that have now been submitted to the ECMA for standardization.

Mono is a development platform. In no way can you use it run apps. Its purpose is to provide a platorm for developers to write cross-platform apps.

From the wine site:

Wine is a translation layer (a program loader) capable of running Windows applications on Linux and other POSIX compatible operating systems. Windows programs running in Wine act as native programs would, running without the performance or memory usage penalties of an emulator, with a similar look and feel to other applications on your desktop.

You can see the two are completely different.

. This isn't a linux problem but a problem with users tendency to be fearful of change. And there is quite a learning curve for those who are used to doing something one way all their life.

this is really my concern. it is really very difficult to introduce new things, of how the endusers are going to do their job different from way their job are being done. microsoft is very lucky.


thank you guys for the input

From the mono site:

The Mono Project is an open development initiative sponsored by Novell to develop an open source, UNIX version of the Microsoft .NET development platform. Its objective is to enable UNIX developers to build and deploy cross-platform .NET Applications. The project implements various technologies developed by Microsoft that have now been submitted to the ECMA for standardization.

Mono is a development platform. In no way can you use it run apps. Its purpose is to provide a platorm for developers to write cross-platform apps.

From the wine site:

Wine is a translation layer (a program loader) capable of running Windows applications on Linux and other POSIX compatible operating systems. Windows programs running in Wine act as native programs would, running without the performance or memory usage penalties of an emulator, with a similar look and feel to other applications on your desktop.

You can see the two are completely different.

Thanks Drizzale for correcting me !!

to get full functionality of the address book and the calendar, you have to use the "Exchange connector" that comes with Evolution

Sorry, I had never noticed the existense of such service to be honest!

Monsky you didn't mention the orientation of your users. If they are middle-aged staff personell that do mostly office work then indeed it's going to be difficult! On the other hand if you are referring to let's say IT students using a lab, then perhaps the best way for them to adjust would be to through them directly into deep water -as long as you can be around for a while and offer support, that is

you're right nske, they are the office personnel who always been in a rush to beat their deadlines. any changes would be just a nuisance to them and surely it will be an additional load for me.
anyway, the idea only comes accross my mind whenever i saw any possible alternative to ms. and also maybe because having a mind of a technical guy.
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