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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Hi
Stu.<BR><BR>I'm from Pontypridd and quite coincidentally I was about to ask a
general<BR>question to everyone on the list.<BR><BR>I have just bought a
new-media/web design company in Pontypridd. I bought it<BR>as a going concern,
and I need now to think about software licencing - a<BR>major financial headache
for me. The office has 4 networked desktop<BR>machines, ISDN line for Internet
access shared on one machine acting as a<BR>server.<BR><BR>I am thinking of
implementing a Linux distro for all the desktops, cutting<BR>my Windows
licencing at a stroke. However, the designers need and use<BR>Macromedia
Dreamweaver for HTML/ASP development, Photoshop 7 for imagery,<BR>Illustrator 10
for Vector graphics and Adobe Idesign for DTP work. I would<BR>guess that we
could use open source software for all our other requirements<BR>(Office,
scanning etc.)<BR><BR>My questions are, could I either run these essential
products in Linux under<BR>WINE or similar, or can anyone suggest open source
alternatives, and if it<BR>looks viable does anyone on the list offer a service
to install and<BR>configure Linux on these machines for me. (I would assume that
Mandrake,<BR>Redhat or Susie would be best) for a fee of course!<BR><BR>Sorry
its long-winded<BR><BR>Best wishes<BR><BR>Gary</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> > Hi
everyone,<BR>><BR>> Just joined the list this morning. Thought it'd
be a good <BR>> idea to say <BR>> a big hello to everyone here
;-)<BR>><BR> > Oh yes, and to find out if there's anyone else on the
list from > Pontypridd.<BR> ><BR>> Best regards,<BR>>
Stu</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>