[AccessD] Future of Windows XP

John W Colby jwcolby at gmail.com
Thu Aug 22 13:58:23 CDT 2013


That is nothing short of amazing if you ask me.  I tried wine many years ago and it was... unpleasant.

John W. Colby

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 8/22/2013 2:50 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> The Wine product that runs on virtually all distros of Linux.
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> http://www.winehq.org/
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> It is not a virtual drive (like NTVDM) or an emulator but a product that is totally integrated environment. This means that any Windows program running with it will perform as fast or faster than it would natively. There is a full set of documentation and Forums which can assist with any product installation.
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> Here is a link to the process of installing Microsoft Office on Ubuntu Linux: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Microsoft_Office
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> To the best of my knowledge WineHQ supports every Office version from '95 to 2013 but I have only installed and tested Office 2003, which worked without issues...my MS Access 2003 applications and all. Note, that Wine runs just about everything; most major games, all Adobe products and even remote take-over products like TeamViewer.
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> In addition there are commercial products that can also make the move effortless:
> http://www2.codeweavers.com/products/#cxlinux
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> Jim
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Murphy" <dw-murphy at cox.net>
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 1:45:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Future of Windows XP
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> PS MS Office works just fine on Linux (MS Access as well)...just a little
> faster but that's all.
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> How do you do this?
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Brad Marks" < <mailto:BradM at blackforestltd.com>
> BradM at blackforestltd.com>
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> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <
> <mailto:accessd at databaseadvisors.com> accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
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> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 12:07:58 PM
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> Subject: [AccessD] Future of Windows XP
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> All,
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> I work part time for a small manufacturing firm (about 50 employees) with a
> very limited IT budget.
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> Currently there are about 20 older PCs running Windows XP (SP3).  There are
> two purchased application systems and a number of Access 2007 applications.
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> It is my understanding that Microsoft is dropping all support (including
> security updates) for XP in April of 2014.
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> My background is primarily in application development and database
> administration.  In the past, I have relied on fellow employees for
> "Operating System issues".
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> I have some dumb questions.
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> How serious is the issue of Microsoft dropping all support for XP next
> April?
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> What are most firms migrating to?  Win-7?  Win-8?
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> I would guess that either Win-7 or Win-8 will need more horsepower than XP
> and neither will run very well on older PCs.  True?
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> Will Access 2007 applications run Okay with either Win-7 or Win-8?
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> Thanks,
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> Brad
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