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I wanted to ask to the wine experts something about WINEPREFIX or the crossover bottles... how does the concept of "bottles" compares/differs with the concept of application virtualization (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_Virtualization) used by VMware's Thinstall (http://www.thinstall.com/products/virtualization_suite.php) (aside for the .exe container*) and Microsoft's Softgrid/Application Virtualization (http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/softgrid/default.mspx)? *I have used Thinstall a bit and it encapsulates all t...