[GLLUG] Visio Replacement

[Staff Staff]

Clay:

>>> "Clay Dowling" <clay at lazarusid.com> 5/9/2005 2:27:59 PM >>>
> I've nearly won my boss over 
...

He's probably just toying with you... sometimes it's the only fun that
we have in our day ;-)
j/k of course.

Seriously though... I'm not very smart when it comes to any of this,
but here is what I thought as I was reading your query:
...
> One major kink that we run into is that at least he
> and I need to use Visio at times (and other
> programmers should be using it).  We use it for
> flow charting and network diagrams.
...
>
> Clay
...

It sounds as if you are already licensed for a version of visio.  Have
you tried running your current software under Windows emulation on a
Linux machine?  I've not looked into the emulators recently, but a few
years back most of the Microsoft apps ran fairly well under WINE.  If
Visio is the only product that you need to run right now, it might be a
relatively simple short/mid-term solution.  I'd even give your other
hold-overs a look-see as to how they run in an emulation environment.

Good Luck!

-stephen

Stephen Gebes
Meridian Township