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   Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 13:30:39 +0000   
   From: Bernard Peek    
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   Subject: Re: Wanting to change from XP to Ubuntu and keep using Turnpike   
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   In message , SINNER    
    writes   
      
   >> Nobody has mentioned Virtual Box.  I get on with that better than   
   >> VMWare.   
   >> And it's for the same reason - Turnpike.   
   >>   
   >> Although I do run Thunderbird on Ubuntu.   
   >>   
   >> David   
   >>   
   >   
   >I cant imagine running a VM to run an email client, anyone got a cannon?   
   >I see a fly on the window.   
      
   Turnpike does have some very loyal users. Unfortunately development has    
   now been stopped, other than for bug-fixes. One of the problems with    
   using Turnpike under Linux is that it's not a program that would appeal    
   to typical Linux users. The Linux way is usually to have one tool for    
   one job, which usually means separate news and mail clients - although    
   there are exceptions. Turnpike handles both, and makes a better job of    
   each than any other Linux (or Windows) mail or news client that I know    
   of. It's why there are people who will seriously consider using a VM to    
   run it, because the alternative is to run one or possibly two real    
   machines. We will also pay for Turnpike licenses in preference to using    
   free or open-source programs.   
      
   Briefly the advantages of Turnpike that it is virtually bombproof, I    
   have never lost any data using it. It's immune to malware, I'm happy to    
   allow completely naive users loose with it, while I prefer to restrict    
   the use of other Windows software to people with at least some training.    
   And even though development has stopped there is still some support    
   available.   
      
   I got this in the support newsgroup:   
      
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   I don't have any experience of the Wine software, but TP6 Connect is    
   very similar to TP5 which others have said does run.   
      
   TP6 certainly did run under NT4WS when I last checked.  I expect the    
   main downside to running it in a VM is that RAM will have to be    
   dedicated to it & TP Explorer can be a large user of RAM, unless you    
   keep your mail very carefully organised.  That said, the convenience of    
   perhaps being able to run other pieces of software under the NT4WS when    
   required might also weigh in the balance.  You'll have to have a licence    
   for your NT, of course.   
      
   Regards   
   --    
   Dave English                                          T U R N P I K E   
      
      
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   Bernard Peek   
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