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On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 03:39:55AM -0500, Lou Guerriero wrote:
> what advantage is vmware over wine?
They are very different things:
- vmware is a virtual PC machine; on it you can run any OS for PC: Windows
(any windows), Linux, SCO, *BSD, MS-DOS,...
- Wine is an implementation of the Win16 & Win32 API for Unix; allowing
to recompile Win16 & Win32 programs and run them natively on most Unices.
It is also (and that is the most used due to the lack of sources of Windows
programs) an implementation fo the Win16 & Win32 ABI (Applications Binary
Interface), allowing to run, on PC's Unices, Win16 and Win32 programs.
That is similar to what iBCS provides for other Unices to be run on Linux.
The advantage of VmWare is that it is another PC; so you can isntall on
it and it will run; no problem.
It's disadvantages is that is still a separate thing, not integrated with
the rest of your system (you simply avoid having yet another machine
on your desktop; and you can easily do screenshots of boot time).
The advantages of Wine is that it allows a quite good integration with your
system; and it would be possible in the future to go even further (like
better dra'n'drop with Gnome/KDE; sharing of colours and look and feel with
them etc).
It's also a liberty program.
It's disadvantages are it is far from finished (and Microsoft doesn't help
at all).
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