Re: Windows emulation (was Re: My ideas may not be compatible with yours but...)

[Malonowa <malonowa@wanadoo.fr>]

Doug Loss wrote:

> On Sat, 03 Jul 1999 23:23:46 +0200, Malonowa <malonowa@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> >
> > Now if we took a free windows one that people were using then these windoze users wouldn't have
> > any excuse for not using Linux - it'd be the same software. I think windows compatibility's an
> > interesting issue. Schools aren't likely to replace an entire system with Linux so could we try
> > to gradually migrate users? Doug, perhaps you could start a polite thread on this - I don't
> > want to create any more controversy here.
> >
> Well, setting Linux systems up as dual-boot systems with Windows is pretty
> common, meaning that the user can choose which OS to use on boot-up.  Also,
> there's the WINE project <http://www.winehq.org>, which is working on (more or
> less) getting as many Windows programs as possible to run natively on Linux.  And
> then there's VMWare, which creates a virtual machine on Linux and lets you
> install Windows on that virtual machine.  I believe that Bochs can do this too.
> Do we need a thread on this?  Perhaps one on how these possibilities might be
> used in an educational setting.

I agree. I think ways of integrating Linux systems as people introduce them is a good thing.

I think IT coordinators shouldn't find it too difficult to persuade authorities to introduce a Linux
server. So if we can find persuasive arguments for them to use when suggesting Linux workstations
then that can only be a step in the right direction.

Roman.