Re: Q: DOSEMU/WINE & MS Office

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From: Alex Butcher
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 00:00

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dreid@wat.hookup.net (David Reid) wrote:

>Hi.

Hiya

>Can anyone tell me if it's possible to run the Microsoft Office suite
>under DOSEMU or WINE?

[snip]

WINE is kinda stalled at the moment AFAIK, mainly due to the success
of DOSEMU. DOSEMU will prob'ly be able to run proper Windoze apps
before WINE can! :)

In the meantime, you could look into Executor (the Macintosh emulator)
and run Mac business apps. Not a *terrible* solution, methinks.

>Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

>Thanks.

>David Reid

Regards,
Alex.

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Date: 1995/12/01
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