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Well, that's a longer question than you might think :)

There is a piece of software call WINE, which is a port of the W32 API
to Unix.  It will run many Windows programs.  I don't know about
quickbooks.  But, you call also buy a closed source version of WINE from
a company called Codeweavers, and they will guarantee that it will run
Office and Quicken (I realize that's not Quickbooks, but they should be
close) for $50 US.  You should probably try the free version first
though.

As far as Quickbooks for Linux, I don't know of an application that has
as much of the business focus as Quickbooks.  GnuCash has promised alot
of it in their next version, but I haven't seen any timeline on that
yet.

Links:
Wine:  http://www.winehq.com/
Codeweavers:  http://www.codeweavers.com/
GnuCash:  http://www.gnucash.org

		Have fun,
			Ted

PS - For those who though that the whole software licenses thing was
fun, you should look at the Codeweavers/WINE relationship.  I think that
is the most complex licensing debacle in free software today.

On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 23:35, cliff rogers wrote:
> Many thanks to all who responded. I will check out the sites I have been
> given. I need to ask a kind of stinky question now, knowing that this is =
a
> penguin site, is there any way to run M$ Office or QuickBooks from Linux?
> These are the software packages he has told us the so-called client is
> currently using, and if not, are there Linux compatible packages that wou=
ld
> be similar enough to migrate over quickly by reasonably computer literate
> bookies.... oooooppppssss I mean book keepers and managers? Thanks again =
for
> the help.   Cliff
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