That is, of course, only if Microsoft continues to keep VPC as a emulator and doesn't morph it into something closer to say WINE. Why do I need to emulate the whole PC when all that users may need is a Windows API and something to translate the code???
I have no info that this is what they are going to do, but it remains a possibility if they wanted to push non-Windows OS's off of the platform. David On 11/11/03 11:05 PM, "Krevnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2003, at 3:53 PM, Jim Schulze wrote: > >> >> On Monday, November 10, 2003, at 09:29 PM, Krevnik wrote: >>> It doesn't mean that Linux will suddenly stop working. VPC is >>> designed so that you can't just set a magic flag that prevents an OS >>> from working. >>> >>> >> >> ROFLMAO. >> >> Uh, do you think that if you had the source code you >> might be able to come up with a way to do exactly that? > > And how long would that last? What would you check for in the OS you > are loading to see if it is Linux, BSD, or Windows? Maybe we could > check to see if it loads like Windows... oh wait, Unix systems > sometimes do that on x86 hardware for compatibility reasons. > > Crippling VPC to not run Linux also runs a large risk of crippling VPC > to not run Windows, as it emulates the hardware not the software. Linux > is very much designed to be able to boot in the same manner Windows > does... and even if it checked for certain files, you could always > trick it. > > The core design of VPC prevents MS/Connectix from disabling other OSes > without doing some damage to Windows running in the VPC environment. > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
