16 Oct
2004
16 Oct
'04
1:23 p.m.
On Sat, 16 Oct 2004, Jim Isbell wrote:
The question remains, will the files I have, Gigabytes
of them, made by Easy
Office and Easy Calc and Netscape...etc. Be readable by the new APPS. If not
then it is worthless to get new apps no mater the price.
You have to take them one (type) at a time. Word and excel,
not a problem. Netscape, netscape is netscape. Directory
structure is likely different, but bookmarks etc all the same.
I don't know what EasyCalc is. If it stores or exports in RTF
or Excel etc fine. If it's totally 100% proprietary youre'
likely screwed.
Etc. Go down the list one by one...
I don't need a new
clean computer. I am not starting from scratch.
I'd suggest installing linux on a separate computer, copy files in and
solve the problems one by one, then migrate your "real" computer
over.
I can tell you, I can produce any of my files in a form easily
digestible by win, dos or apple (OSX or older). I run SuSE linux,
but most of the major distributions are fine. FreeBSD etc will
be a little harsh if you're used to windows but it's totally
fine software (in some ways better than linux).