[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

[Bob Eager]

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:28:14 UTC, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon)
wrote:

> In article <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-dHm4fvCby3gD at rikki.tavi.co.uk>,
> 	"Bob Eager" <rde42 at spamcop.net> writes:
> > On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:16:39 UTC, "Richard B. Gilbert" 
> > <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> Well, if BSD had the applications that are available for Windows. . . .
> > 
> > It has most of what I need and I have a Windows machine for the few 
> > occasions...just VNC into it.
> 
> Other than brand names, what applications does the Windows box offer
> that the BSD box doesn't?

PowerPoint 2007, currently. That's not just a brand name; I have to deal
with PP 2007 stuff and nothing else supports it yet.

The other two applications are the support software for a blood glucose 
meter, and the support/programming stuff for PICAXE chips. Haven't tried
the latter two on WINE yet.

-- 
Bob Eager