Windows-On-Linux Emulator Shootout

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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Re:Moral of this story:

[mackga]

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Re:WINE.

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Re:Moral of this story:

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Re:Moral of this story:

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, I know. So does quite a bit of Linux software, actually. Which then begs the question, why leave Windows at all?

Re:Moral of this story:

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Re:Moral of this story:

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Re:WINE.

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Re:Moral of this story:

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Re:WINE Shouldn't apply...

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Re:Moral of this story:

[GrandCow]

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