From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 8 17:55:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 34A45152A1 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 17:55:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 19635 invoked from network); 9 Dec 1999 01:55:04 -0000 Received: from userbg07.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.142.127) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 9 Dec 1999 01:55:04 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id BAA01102; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 01:55:12 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 01:55:11 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: DwarV Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <19991209015511.A320@marder-1> References: <19991208204218.81735.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <19991208204218.81735.qmail@hotmail.com> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 08, 1999 at 09:33:58PM +0100, DwarV wrote: > Hello, > > I am very interessed in your software but when i came along, i got a question: > > Is FreeBSD fully compatible with microsoft software or software for windows? > FreeBSD is a 32-bit Unix-like operating system offering a robust, efficient, secure, and reliable working environment. Unfortunately Microsoft products generally don't conform to accepted standards and therefore are not compatible with FreeBSD. However, to enable users of such non-standard software to enjoy the full benefits of FreeBSD there are several emulators, notably bochs and wine, that allow non-standard software to run under FreeBSD. http://www.freebsd.org for full details of how to upgrade from Windows to FreeBSD. HTH > Thanks in advance, > Harm-Jan Westra > > Dwrv@hotmail.com -- PERL has been described as "the duct tape of the Internet" and "the Unix Swiss Army chainsaw" - Computer Shopper 12/99 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message