Re: overcoming proprietary software for work

Vidiir wrote:
> I am a newb and have some questions about running proprietary software
> inside Ubuntu or some other distribution.  I have wanted to switch for
> years but have three pricing programs that are written for Windows.
> My vendors refuse to even entertain questions about Linux.  I am
> illiterate about it and would love to visit with someone in person
> that may be able to offer some suggestions on how to achieve my goal.
> I understand there are emulators like Wine, but don’t want to start
> tinkering around and inadvertently let all the smoke out of my work
> machine!  Many thanks to anyone that can reply!

We run Linux on many desktops, and have a Windows terminal server on
which we run those apps that will only work with Windows (or IE 6, blech)