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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>A good response then, thank you all very much...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>even though I could hear the disguised sneer in the Mac user's comment!
;)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>It seems that Win7, 8.1 and Debian are all
contenders for a Therion user.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>This may be getting off topic...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>My needs are;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>-low risk, I cannot afford an interruption
that requires me to focus my whole attention before 'life as usual' can resume,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>-resistance to change, I have many spreadsheets
with embedded VBA that run only on Excel 2000-2003 for Windows (and some other
apps) (thanks to my misplaced trust in Microsoft's forward compatibility). I
need to dump my existing XP environment 'exactly as is' into a virtual machine,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>-low intensity, a migration that enables
me to trickle my many applications to the new os at my leisure over time
(unless it can do it automatically in one go),<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>-for the developing artist in the family; to
run the latest wacom drawing tablets (which XP does not)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>While the Windows options might seem to be
the natural choice for a Windows user of 20 years, my testing of the waters to
date suggests that Debian may not be much more of a shock than the new Windows.
Apart from my legacy of Windows knowledge, and data that depends on Windows apps
I would go there in a moment. I just lack the time to do a lot of relearning
and a local Debian mentor I think.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>I am a bit worried though, about the
amount of time it took Therion 5.3.11 to turn up in Debian!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>I'd like to 'upgrade in place' on the same
machine, but I think that violates my first point above, so I guess I'm up for
a new computer, at least for the duration of the migration.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Wookey, can Wine or Virtualbox receive an
intact XP system? It seems to me it requires a fresh reinstall of Windows and all
the apps?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Currently I'm hunting around for solutions
like zinstall, but any suggestions welcomed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Bruce<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>PS - I see two Notepad++ users - is that coincidence
because it is good software? Or because of the entry in the Therion wiki?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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