Microsoft "Windows for Linux"

Matthew Gardiner
Thu, 10 May 2001 02:35:33 -0000

Robert Kent wrote:
>
> -cross posted to comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine-
>
> Microsoft should consider producing "Windows for Linux". It could
be their
> own version of Wine, but it would be nearly 100% compatible with the latest
> version of Windows. Microsoft could require that users have a retail copy
of
> Windows to make this work.
>
> It's a win-win situation. Linux users could run nearly all of the
available
> Windows applications, and Microsoft would still make money selling Windows
> licenses.
What would be better is if IBM created an O/S 2 warp compatibility layer
for Linux.  Lotus Smart Suite is one piece of software available for
OS/2 Warp that would be nice for Linux.  IBM would lose nothing as it
has already discontinued selling OS/2 Warp, and will discontinue support
in a couple of years. This would be a win-win situation.  You'd be
surprised how many ex-OS2 warp programmers are out there, and this would
bridge the gap.

Matthew Gardiner