[Am-info] Philippine Company Creates Software To Run Windows Programs On Linux

[Fred Miller]

On Saturday 24 April 2004 11:21 pm, Erick Andrews wrote:

[snip]

> What I find interesting about this is that it has been done before.
>
> Specifically, I bought a copy of "Virtual PC for OS/2" just over a year
> ago and it runs many OS's (I got it for Win2K and WinNT) basically
> to be able to read MS Office docs that some people send me.  So it's
> neat, and Windows runs inside a "box" on my OS/2 system.  The price
> of VPC was less than any flavor of Windows+Office.

Yes.....I knew about that, but never did run it. If I remember correctly, it 
didn't mandate a copy of 'Bloze be installed either, correct?

> Guess what?  Microsoft bought it out...not sure from whom...either
> Connectrix or Innotek who created/sold the VPC product, but now
> it's no longer available.  In other words, Microsoft killed the product
> by buying the license rights because of their predatory monopolistic
> behavior.

Right again! I think it was Innoteck who produced that....but I'm not sure.

> Can you believe they won't try to do the same with a Linux version?

Bank on it!

Fred

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