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04-28-2004, 09:52 PM #1Webhosting Reseller
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Windows applications can now run on Linux
A Filipino company has developed a project called David that enables Windows software to run on Linux OS...
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04-28-2004, 09:59 PM #2Hmmm....
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Not bad
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04-28-2004, 10:01 PM #3Web Hosting Guru
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
which makes linux crash a lot like windows, lol.
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04-29-2004, 03:27 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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Have we forgot Wine and CrossOver Office (based on Wine too), nothing new here unless I'm missing something?
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04-29-2004, 04:00 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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A more sceptical analysis courtesy of Slashdot
At the moment, it's vaporware. Nothing's been "developed".
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04-29-2004, 04:07 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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HEY!
I'm suing. Copywrite infringement.
I'm gonna be so rich.
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04-29-2004, 01:17 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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STARTUP software company SpecOps Laboratories, which developed a software enabling Windows applications to run on Linux... David is a middleware that allows Windows applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint, to be installed and run on a system operating on Linux
wine ran office for me just fine under linux SuSE9. (not that I need it since theres openoffice, but I just wanted to test it out and it works)
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04-29-2004, 01:24 PM #8Poooooonnyyy :*
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Originally posted by thedavid
HEY!
I'm suing. Copywrite infringement.
I'm gonna be so rich.
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04-29-2004, 01:29 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by DeltaAnime
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<edit> just realized I spelled it 'copywrite' before. Guess that'll teach me to post at 04:07 AM </edit>
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04-29-2004, 01:50 PM #10KM Carpenter
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Windows programs are for Windows...I wouldnt think about running a windows app on Linux. Windows applications tend to CRASH more.
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04-29-2004, 01:58 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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in addition to Wine and CrossOver Office there is also VMware (which can run windows inside of linux on a virtual machine) and maybe soon plex86 will be able to run windows as well.
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04-29-2004, 03:15 PM #12Newbie
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sounds like david hasn't had enough wine
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04-29-2004, 03:53 PM #13An Awesome Dude
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If linux is so much better than Windows,WHO WOULD WANNA INSULT LINUX LIKE THAT?????
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04-29-2004, 06:59 PM #14Web Hosting Master
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Blah... ReactOS is coming along nicely... can't use a "lot" of windows software yet, but man it's really going to be amazing as it develops.
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04-29-2004, 07:05 PM #15Web Hosting Evangelist
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isn't this what that horrible company lindows was trying to do?
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04-29-2004, 08:06 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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How is this better than wine?
I didnt have any specs/benchmarks.. on that page..
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