[dba-Tech] Is there a move from Microsoft?

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Apr 14 12:21:51 CDT 2011


My Ubuntu computer can do so there is no reason why not. There are many ways
to accomplish this.

First a Mac can run Windows 7 (http://www.apple.com/macosx/compatibility/);
it is just too bad that with SP1 not even Windows can run Access. ;-) There
is also a program called Parallel that will switch from Mac to Windows and
back again.

The free open-source program Wine
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q564OEmseXE) can run Windows programs on
Ubuntu Linux. The app use to be fairly unstable but I have been told it is a
lot better now. There is also a host of emulators out there. A few years ago
I installed Wine on our Ubuntu box and ran Access 2000 just fine but I did
not do extensive testing.

The old favourite is VMware as the price is right and it supports all OSs on
it and being in virtual mode it tends to not be so prone to security issues.
I have a client who is running her applications (Not Access) in a virtual
drive on her laptop computer. When her host computer became infected the VD
was the only application running just fine. 

Jim


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 6:10 AM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
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But would it run Access?

R
 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 11:27 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: [dba-Tech] Is there a move from Microsoft?

Someone sent me a link today matching his experiences and obviously the
experience of the person posting the following link. Is the Apple OS the new
Windows for the young computer literate?

http://tinyurl.com/63rpglg

Is MS Windows dead or at least dying?

I posted an email, maybe a few years or so ago stating that Microsoft
Windows had serious problems because the OS was just a re-build version of a
single PC software package. Approximately, 4 years ago the Mac OS was in the
same position with their platform having roots of a single user, single
tasking and a non networkable product.

When an OS has that type of heritage there is no way to fix it. Microsoft is
now realizing it but they are too proud to admit it and they are paying
substantial for that pride.

So I say to Microsoft, just bail on your OS, pick some version of Unix/Linux
and write a nice presentation interface. FreeBSD is a good choice, as it
license, does not require changes to it, to be shared or be brave and choose
Debian or Redhat Linux, another excellent choice. It could look just like
Windows 7 or 8 with a special different. It would be ultra stable,
absolutely secure, fully multi-tasking, multi-user and it would interface
with every other major OS the planet.

Jim

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