Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:25:30 +0200 From: Tore Lund <toreld@netscape.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FREEBSD cross-platform compatibility Message-ID: <4532B55A.4010307@netscape.net> In-Reply-To: <45329F41.8010105@gmail.com> References: <45329F41.8010105@gmail.com>
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Tom wrote:
> Question:
>
> Is there an alternate-platform emulator available?
Sounds like you have already tried an emulator that did not work. Which
one did you try? Have you tried Wine or Win4BSD? I have the same
problem myself, so I am interested in your experiences.
> I have some programs
> that have no substitute available - and are Windows - only
> applications. The developer right now says that they won't work on
> porting to other OSs for the foreseeable future - so Linux and FreeBSD -
> and Mac OS, for that matter - are left hanging. Frankly, this one
> program in particular is the major reason I'm still running Windows at
> all. So, either a Windows emulator, or some way to run this program in
> a non-Windows environment....
Do tell us precisely which applications you are talking about. TIA.
--
Tore
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