Any plans for EA on Linux?

[tanja]

Hi,

Since the search for "linux" on this forum gave nothing,
I'm wondering whether there are any plans to offer EA for Linux users, as well? And if yes, when?

Reg's,
Tanja

[EmmaN]

Hi Tanja

We do not currently have any specific plans to support a Unix version - the cost of such a development would be fairly high - and we get very few requests. I have not looked at the libraries and conversion tools around in depth - I know there are some quite competent ones - so maybe that is a future option.  
 
The other option of course is the one of the Windows emulators (and I have not tried this so cant guarantee it would work) VMWare is apparently quite good and WINE I think has come a long way - but then you need the Windows O/S as well as the Linux ... gets a bit complicated.  

Hope this helps.

Emma

[narula]

Albeit there are no plans - I installed CrossOver Office (http://www.codeweavers.com) v2.0 late last week.  I'm running Office 2000, Visio 2000, and Enterprise Architect 3.1 on Redhat Linux 9 using this program.  I downloaded the 30-day trial.  So far so good.  Check it out and discuss here.

[Rob7795]

Has anyone had any success with EA on linux via wine yet?  There have been a few posts on this subject so it seems there is an audience.

I have tried unsuccessfully, but I'm prepared to keep plugging away with suggestions from anyone out there who might be able to help.

So far, I've tried installing EA directly under wine, where the installer fails.  I've also tried loading it from a natively installed WinXP image, which also failed.

There have been numerous errors from each (which I won't list here for brevity).  Does have any hints or experience with wine on other applications that might be useful?

Cheers, Rob.

[brucef]

The other option of course is the one of the Windows emulators (and I have not tried this so cant guarantee it would work) VMWare is apparently quite good and WINE I think has come a long way - but then you need the Windows O/S as well as the Linux ... gets a bit complicated.  

You don't need to install Windows if you are using WINE, although you do for VMWare. I haven't tried  running EA under WINE.

You might like to look at umbrello (at sourceforge.net). I had a look at it about a year ago. I was impressed, but it was still a bit immature. The project seems to be quite active, so I should think it would be worth another look.

Bruce Fountain