Prasad
Member • Jan 7, 2008
Crossover anyone?
This is for all those Linux fans out there, who have to put up with Windows just because their jobs demand the usage of MS-Office, et al. Applications which are undoubtedly better in Windows.
The immediate response of any linux fanatic would be ... theres openoffice!! Yes, its there, but come on, with the complete lack of formatting and a slightly clumsy GUI, how can one work professionally on openoffice? The next answer is wine, but that too to configure for Office 2003, is something best left to experts.
Finally, the guys at Codeweavers have come up with a great product called as Crossover, which uses wine as a base. You can install Office 2003 and use all the applications as though its a native application. Only hitch is that it comes at a decent price of $40. Fair price to move effortlessly from Vista to Linux I say 😀.
The immediate response of any linux fanatic would be ... theres openoffice!! Yes, its there, but come on, with the complete lack of formatting and a slightly clumsy GUI, how can one work professionally on openoffice? The next answer is wine, but that too to configure for Office 2003, is something best left to experts.
Finally, the guys at Codeweavers have come up with a great product called as Crossover, which uses wine as a base. You can install Office 2003 and use all the applications as though its a native application. Only hitch is that it comes at a decent price of $40. Fair price to move effortlessly from Vista to Linux I say 😀.
