>>> On 5/16/2007 at 5:47 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: >> On Wed, 16 May 2007 09:18:42 -0400 >> "Evans, Kevin R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I understand it only too well, but it isn't Microsoft's business model. >> >> How much did you pay for your copy of Internet Explorer when it was >> released as a download,or MS Word viewer, or ... > > Like webexplorer on OS/2 some years ago, IE is paid for in the Windows > charge. It's also the maintenance tool for Windows. > > > Did you try USB on Windows 95? Or Windows NT? > > MS does give some stuff away, probably in an attempt to keep people on > Windows. IMV the most useful freebie is Virtual PC which allows me to > run Linux (or OS/2) under Windows on my laptop which doesn't have the > hardware capability to run Windows under Linux using Xen.
Another free VM option for Intel is VMWare Server. http://www.vmware.com/products/server/ Frank -- Frank Swarbrick Senior Developer/Analyst - Mainframe Applications Development FirstBank Data Corporation - Lakewood, CO (303) 235-1403 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
