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CrossOver Linux 9: Run Windows apps without Windows

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Spanky de Monkey, ESQ

Flightless Bird
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WaterBoy

Flightless Bird
This author is as bias as Alias! I have yet to see him write anything pro
Microsoft. Look I don't like everything Microsoft does, but they really put
out a good product in Windows 7 and if you don't like it, you don't have to
use it. The Linux desktop OS is nothing more than a hobby OS. If Microsoft
didn't exist, then I'm pretty sure most people would get a MAC. I don't mind
a good debate, but he brings nothing to the table as far as credibility! No
wonder why Alias likes him so much...

WaterBoy



"Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.com.invalido> wrote in message
news:hnm1m0$akj$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9168618/CrossOver_Linux_9_Run_Windows_apps_without_Windows
>
> Enjoy!
>
> --
> Alias
 
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DanS

Flightless Bird
"WaterBoy" <Waterboy@somewhere.com> wrote in
news:Y_qdnddPFdD_TD3WnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d@giganews.com:

> This author is as bias as Alias! I have yet to see him
> write anything pro Microsoft. Look I don't like everything
> Microsoft does, but they really put out a good product in
> Windows 7 and if you don't like it, you don't have to use
> it. The Linux desktop OS is nothing more than a hobby OS.

I wouldn't say that.

> If Microsoft didn't exist, then I'm pretty sure most people
> would get a MAC.

If MS did not exist, we'd all be running some decendent of IBM's
OS2/Warp.
 
F

Frank

Flightless Bird
On 3/17/2010 10:32 AM, DanS wrote:
> "WaterBoy"<Waterboy@somewhere.com> wrote in
> news:Y_qdnddPFdD_TD3WnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d@giganews.com:
>
>> This author is as bias as Alias! I have yet to see him
>> write anything pro Microsoft. Look I don't like everything
>> Microsoft does, but they really put out a good product in
>> Windows 7 and if you don't like it, you don't have to use
>> it. The Linux desktop OS is nothing more than a hobby OS.
>
> I wouldn't say that.

You deny the truth?
>
>> If Microsoft didn't exist, then I'm pretty sure most people
>> would get a MAC.
>
> If MS did not exist, we'd all be running some decendent of IBM's
> OS2/Warp.

It's obvious why you sign on the back of your checks.
Oops!
 
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DanS

Flightless Bird
"Spanky de Monkey, ESQ" <spanky@deMonkey.gov> wrote in
news:4b9ea472@news.x-privat.org:

>
>
> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.com.invalido> wrote in
> message news:hnm1m0$akj$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9168618/CrossOver_Li
>> nux_9_Run_Windows_apps_without_Windows
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> --
>> Alias
>
> They know that the world runs Windows programs. They need
> to create emulators so people who are dumb enough to use
> Linux can then run Windows applications to get real work
> done.

WINE is not an emulator.
 
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WaterBoy

Flightless Bird
Damn Dan! I forgot about OS/2... I actually liked that OS a lot. I was
hoping for them to make some kind of run, but they sat on it way too long.
Before we knew it, Windows95 Was born. I still used OS/2 till Windows95B
came out, after that it was hard to find support and software that was
compatible with OS/2...

WaterBoy...

"DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote in message
news:Xns9D3E89B09C582thisnthatroadrunnern@216.196.97.131...
> "WaterBoy" <Waterboy@somewhere.com> wrote in
> news:Y_qdnddPFdD_TD3WnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d@giganews.com:
>
>> This author is as bias as Alias! I have yet to see him
>> write anything pro Microsoft. Look I don't like everything
>> Microsoft does, but they really put out a good product in
>> Windows 7 and if you don't like it, you don't have to use
>> it. The Linux desktop OS is nothing more than a hobby OS.
>
> I wouldn't say that.
>
>> If Microsoft didn't exist, then I'm pretty sure most people
>> would get a MAC.
>
> If MS did not exist, we'd all be running some decendent of IBM's
> OS2/Warp.
>
 
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DanS

Flightless Bird
"WaterBoy" <Waterboy@somewhere.com> wrote in
news:-ONCdnUOOrMVX-jzWnZ2dnUVZ_omdnZ2d@giganews.com:

> Damn Dan! I forgot about OS/2... I actually liked that OS a
> lot. I was hoping for them to make some kind of run, but
> they sat on it way too long. Before we knew it, Windows95
> Was born. I still used OS/2 till Windows95B came out, after
> that it was hard to find support and software that was
> compatible with OS/2...

OEMs had a choice to go with OS/2 or Windows....

.....and they chose Windows (even though some say it was
technically inferior to OS/2....just like Betamax was
technically better than VHS, but, VHS won out).

Why ? I don't know. Maybe the OEMs didn't want to deal with IBM,
they were too big ? Who knows. Maybe it was s/w developers tha
chose.

Hmmm. I wonder if OS/2 will run in VirtualBox. I've never even
seen it.








> WaterBoy...
>
> "DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote
> in message
> news:Xns9D3E89B09C582thisnthatroadrunnern@216.196.97.131...
>> "WaterBoy" <Waterboy@somewhere.com> wrote in
>> news:Y_qdnddPFdD_TD3WnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d@giganews.com:
>>
>>> This author is as bias as Alias! I have yet to see him
>>> write anything pro Microsoft. Look I don't like
>>> everything Microsoft does, but they really put out a good
>>> product in Windows 7 and if you don't like it, you don't
>>> have to use it. The Linux desktop OS is nothing more than
>>> a hobby OS.
>>
>> I wouldn't say that.
>>
>>> If Microsoft didn't exist, then I'm pretty sure most
>>> people would get a MAC.
>>
>> If MS did not exist, we'd all be running some decendent of
>> IBM's OS2/Warp.
>>
>
 
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Seth

Flightless Bird
"DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote in message
news:Xns9D3E89B09C582thisnthatroadrunnern@216.196.97.131...
>
> If MS did not exist, we'd all be running some decendent of IBM's
> OS2/Warp.


Except OS/2 was a joint venture between IBM and Microsoft. Much
code-sharing between the 2 at the time. Warp was the start of the major
MS-IBM rift that eventually led to them no longer working together and the
eventual death of OS/2.
 
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LSMFT

Flightless Bird
On 03/17/2010 01:32 PM, DanS wrote:
> "WaterBoy" <Waterboy@somewhere.com> wrote in
> news:Y_qdnddPFdD_TD3WnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d@giganews.com:
>
>> This author is as bias as Alias! I have yet to see him
>> write anything pro Microsoft. Look I don't like everything
>> Microsoft does, but they really put out a good product in
>> Windows 7 and if you don't like it, you don't have to use
>> it. The Linux desktop OS is nothing more than a hobby OS.
>
> I wouldn't say that.
>
>> If Microsoft didn't exist, then I'm pretty sure most people
>> would get a MAC.
>
> If MS did not exist, we'd all be running some decendent of IBM's
> OS2/Warp.
>
Microsoft just copied CP/M


--
LSFT

Drive a little slower than the posted speed.......
And you too can become a fracking prick.
 
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DanS

Flightless Bird
>>> If Microsoft didn't exist, then I'm pretty sure most
>>> people would get a MAC.
>>
>> If MS did not exist, we'd all be running some decendent of
>> IBM's OS2/Warp.
>>
> Microsoft just copied CP/M

CP/M !!!!!!! DOH !!!!!!!!

Last time I ran that, it was on one of the first 'portable'
machines.....a Zorba, w/2 5.25" floppies and no Winchester
drive.
 
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