[ubuntu-za] Small company looking for support

[Wayne Abroue]

Yep, Hurray for snapshots...


On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Trevor Hughes <linux at thewildfig.co.za>wrote:

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> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:57 AM, Wayne Abroue <plettpc at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Yep, VM's ,So back to the original MS problems. No thanks.
>> Pastel, IQ, etc,  great accounting packages, I just wish they could be
>> ported to linux.
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> But the problems are much reduced. You can wall the vm off from the
> internet so malware/virus attacks can be reduced - or you can switch on the
> internet when needed and then keep it off when not needed.
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> You can have a very basic install of windows with just the packages you
> need. Also you can take a back up and if something goes wrong a simple
> restore will have you back to operating in minutes - this has worked very
> well for me.
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> I do agree it would be nice if that software ran natively on linux
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> I regulaly re-installed windows on my work machines, but since using Linux
> and windows VMs I have not had reinstall either OS! SO your problems will
> still be reduced. (I have VMs for my POS software and Pastel)
>
> Trev
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