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Author: Kyle Faber
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Subject: Peachtree and Linux
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 6:30 pm, Alan Dayley wrote:
> 1. If the data files are on a server on the same side of the Linux fire=

wall
> as the workstations, have you simply unplugged the Linux box's network
> connection and watched for Peachtree to start working? Then, plug the
> Linux box back in and see it fail?


=09All the Windows boxes are on the same side of the firewall, on private=
IPs. =20
I have not been out to troubleshoot the connection yet, the customer clos=
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up shop earlier than I do and told me to just come on out in the morning.=
I=20
just decided to fire of this email because, like I said, I thought I=20
remembered someone saying something, just can't remember who. Maybe it w=
as a=20
"standing for 8 hours induced hallucination" =09

> Your original mail was not clear to me. Did it work before and is now
> broken after an upgrade? I think more information is needed about the
> sequence of events and what has been attempted.


=09Was working perfectly, then during application shutdown, peachtree ask=
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about the newest "recommended" update and the next person to use it could=
not=20
open any files. The application still works on the machine it is install=
ed=20
locally on however. Like I said before, possibly unrelated, but I wanted=
to=20
explore this avenue before I get out there tomorrow.

> I don't understand how just attaching a Linux box to a network could
> possibly bring any application to it's knees. That does not make sense=

at
> all and Peachtree should be be called to the carpet for releasing such =

a
> thing, if it is true.


=09I don't understand how changing a motherboard should make someone re-l=
icense=20
an OS, but I've seen it done. :) Hopefully, its not true.

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Kyle Faber
Account Manager
EMR Internet

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