Re: [SLE] Windoze envionment on Linux?

From: Allen (gorebofh_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/31/04

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    Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:29:48 -0400
    
    

    Good God you guys are old. LOL. I've only had a computer for 4 years but I
    know what Lantastic is. I had to learn about that in one of my Networking
    classes. I feel so young. Heh.

    On Tuesday 31 August 2004 12:47, Steve Kratz wrote:
    > > I wonder how the AMD 64 bit chip would be at running Windows as a Linux
    > > app? An example of something similar, was the way OS/2 could run
    > > Windows 3.1 in a DOS session. On some versions of OS/2, instead of
    > > running the included Windows, you could actually install Windows from
    > > the floppies. If the same could be done with Linux, with the same level
    > > of integration i.e. cut n' paste between the guest and host OS, it would
    > > make things a lot easier.
    >
    > That took me back a few years ;) I can remember running a network with
    > Lantastic for DOS/Windows/OS2 on a number of systems...
    >
    > That was back in the days when IBM still had some stake in the "Windows"
    > environment... That must've been a real thorn in MS's side knowing they had
    > little control over how IBM distributed the '3.0' Windows included with
    > OS/2.
    >
    > Steve

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