----- Original Message -----
From: "Leon Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 8:32 AM
Subject: [Cooker] Win4Lin kernel patches (was: running IE 5)
> "Raymond S. Swaim" wrote:
>
> >> It would be nice for Mandrake to provide Win4Lin support
"out-of-the-box".
>
> > I second that motion. ;-)
>
> And I third it!
>
> . . . the Win4Lin
> changes are small. I think Mandrake's sales staff would go for it (pump up
the
> volume), and there is no direct compromise of the distribution's
open-ness. It
> would help Mandrake penetration into the business market if you could
install
> the distro, download the Win4Lin userland apps and be running everything
in the
> office from your Mandrake box within minutes.
>
IIRC, they are similar to the kernel hooks already added to support VMware,
so there _should_ be no ideological issues here.
According to the feedback I got from Trelos (now Netraverse), the Mandrake
folks just don't want to consider it. If true, that's unfortunate.
I would ask that they re-consider. I am very impressed with 7.2's ability to
install, detect hardware and implement a slick desktop suitable for a
business workstation. Clearly one of the leaders in the field. The inclusion
of Win4Lin support would only make the distro more desireable.
Hoyt
