From hettar@teleport.com Mon Mar 30 20:12:30 1998
From: hettar@teleport.com
To: users@lists.opensuse.org
Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Win 32 & Linux
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 22:12:30 +0200
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Steven T. Hatton wrote:
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> Zentra,
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> You say that people tend to migrate over to Linux based applications.  I ha=
ve
> noticed that Mathematica and WordPerfect are available for Linux.  I don't
> know how well they are selling.  I'm expect that it is a bit of a social
> deviance to use software that you actually buy in the Linux community.  On
> the other hand, if Linux were to become as easy to use as 95/NT for the
> uninitiated, and Linux were capable of running software that people already
> have invested money in, there would likely be a mass migration from M$ OSs =
to
> Linux.
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Hi,
I would like to know more about Mathematica, and WP7 I do have for
Linux.
I know that Star Office 5.0 (which will be out very soon) will Do
OFFICE97
stuff (namely WORD97), had a German friend translate Star Divisions WWW=20
site for me, as the anoucement is only in German for now. And 5.2 SuSE=20
should bring all the (somewhat) latest stuff to us in an easy package..

I want a SUSE T-shirt!!!!!!!!!! (black please) hehehehe (you can get
them)
How about a coffee mug too :) (i dunno if they have em)

> As far as running standard Win32 software on intel platforms goes, there is
> no need for emulating the CPU as is done with a Sparc.  All that needs to be
> done is to emulate the Win32 API.  I am not a stellar programmer, so that
> "all" could be a lot more than I am making it sound like.  The main reason
> that I bring this up is not to dismiss the programming effort required, but
> to observe that the intel based Win32 programs should perform at least as
> well under Linux as under M$ OSs.
>
Let's not turn LInux into windows9X, although, you might say well all
the
software(retail) is made for them. With the trend seen today, you might
say
MS overwelms everything else, this might happen for a few more years,
but=20
I think it will start to die off. By 1999 NT4.0 will be around only, and
thats
Unix based(MS Unix), MS will cut off the life support for DOS/WIN.Old..
and=20
more people will start complaining.
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> > Everyone had high hopes that SUN would continue with it,
> > and get WABI to run win32's ; but they figure there really isn't
> > a demand for it. Most linux users quickly switch to pure
> > linux apps, or they dual boot to win95 or NT.
> > zentara

I wana be PURE LINUX POWER

GNOMEs, Elfs, Trolls and Deamons...(is that all? ;)
freewm, Binarys, QT, and you know demons(amt,kerneld)

(off note- I think a G3 Mac running Linux, would be more powerful than
a SMP Best Intel slot one or two or ?? heh. or Merced(blah), or Alpha)


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