From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 24 16:22:24 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id QAA23462 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 16:22:24 -0700 Received: from ref.tfs.com (ref.tfs.com [140.145.254.251]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA23440 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 16:22:17 -0700 Received: (from julian@localhost) by ref.tfs.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id QAA03144; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 16:22:05 -0700 From: Julian Elischer Message-Id: <199504242322.QAA03144@ref.tfs.com> Subject: Re: Windows emulator for Linux (fwd) To: sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au (Stephen Hocking) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 16:22:04 -0700 (PDT) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199504240649.GAA21699@netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au> from "Stephen Hocking" at Apr 24, 95 06:49:32 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 813 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I don't understand how Linux has such a strong following at CAL :( Jordan, were these the people you were talking too? (willow) > Thought we ought to get onto these people and see what > they've got, whether it is a good WABI style thing or only at the level of > WINE. Anybody in that area > > > Willows is the developer of Microsoft Windows based > cross-platform (UNIX, Linux, Max, OS2) application development > tools. They also have developed a binary emulator which > runs Windows applications under Linux XFree86, apparently much > better than other products on the market. (We've seen > Microsoft Excel and Word for Windows run flawlessly under it. > Say goodbye to your DOS partitions!) They will be > demonstrating both products and will be soliciting feedback > from CalLUG members.