Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Fri Jan 2 21:12:59 CST 2009
So to sum up what I've learned: 1. SAMBA is probably the leading contender for a software solution - "Samba is software that can be run on a platform other than Microsoft Windows, for example, UNIX, Linux, IBM System 390, OpenVMS, and other operating systems. Samba uses the TCP/IP protocol that is installed on the host server. When correctly configured, it allows that host to interact with a Microsoft Windows client or server as if it is a Windows file and print server." It gets three votes. 2. Run Windows as a virtual machine on the Linux server. 3. JB has an client with an Access BE on Snapserver which is probably Linux based? - a hardware based solution which seems to indicate that no additional software is required to host an Access BE on a Linux server - would that be correct? 4. WINE and CROSSOVER are primarily client/front end solutions so you could run the app on a Linux box and talk to an Access BE. Not needed for my guy - all his client machines are Windows. 5. Moving to postgreSQL or MySQL would work but is not an option for me at this point. So it would seem that I should recommend to the client that they get SAMBA and then BUY MY SOFTWARE!!! Yes? Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/> www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/>