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To: Doren who wrote (54297)	7/7/2006 9:03:12 AM
From: Done, gone.	Respond to of 213182

On the Leopard front, many Apple watchers expect the company to integrate Boot Camp as a virtualization technology enabling users to run Windows XP and Mac OS X side-by-side, instead of having to reboot their computers to switch between the operating systems, as they have to do now. The analyst agreed with that assessment. "Apple could also make it possible for users to install Windows Applications directly into OSX without a copy of Windows XP installed on their system," Mr. Munster speculated. Noting that installing Windows via Boot Camp is currently "difficult and time-consuming," the analyst expects Apple to make that process easier, "which will result in more substantial market share gains as a result of the 'Boot Camp Effect.'" More: Message 22602006

To: Doren who wrote (54297)	7/7/2006 10:14:59 AM
From: Stock Puppy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213182

Yes, but no need for Microsoft anymore to run Windows programs. Doren, I wouldn't be that optimistic - some {many} applications will work under WINE. Others will not. Since MS is "renowned" - no, sorry - "rumored" for not documenting all of the features and consequences in their APIs (and even not documenting some of their APIs) providing an alleged advantage over competitors for those programmers that know about these things. But an application that takes advantage of alleged undocumented things would break under WINE since the feature, consequence or API itself equivalent would be missing. Check out : "...Wine is a compatibility layer, not a true emulator, so it works with only some Windows programs...." news.com.com Applications database: appdb.winehq.org Nice description of Wine: en.wikipedia.org the source for info on all flavors of Wine: winehq.com Just for fun, the FAQ on WINE: faqs.org What the heck, since we're talking about it, let's have some : ohhh....red (lower case) wine.....