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Windows-On-Linux Emulator Shootout

Posted by timothy on from the fooling-some-of-the-programs-some-of-the-time dept.

securitas writes: "ZDNet has posted a comparative review of 5 Windows-on-Linux emulators from VMware (2), NeTraverse, WinToNet and Wine." The results encountered varied quite a bit -- none of the products are perfect, but it looks like they hit a particularly disappointing time with Wine.

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  1. Re:Moral of this story: by GrandCow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Exactly...

    Right from the article itself:

    Don't forget the obvious: For everything but Wine (and possibly also for Wine right now), you'll need a copy of Windows itself and copies of any applications you might want to run

    This means that you wont get away from paying the "Microsoft tax." If you've gotta buy it in the first place just install it normally and boot into it when you need it.

    -C

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