[KLUG Members] Wine project

[Adam Williams]

> Do any of the members of the list server have experience configuring the
> Wine software for RedHat ver. 8.0 and its use with Microsoft Office 97?  I
> have downloaded the program and looked at the Winehq web site.  I am just
> getting started trying to do this and am seeking any hard won experience
> from any of you.

I've made stabs at using Wine but it never seems to actually go
anywhere.  I think you only really have two options (a) pay for the
codeweavers WINE package that is pre-setup/configured and runs things
like Office or (b) pay for VMware and just host a Windows instance.