> Does anyone know if CorelDraw And  Photoshop run on
> Solaris??
> If yes, how do I get the support?


Several years ago, Corel ported CorelDraw to Linux; it turned out to be the 
second worst (paid, commercial) software in the history of computing.  (The No. 
1 worst dude is the WordPerfect Office for Linux; both are based on WINE 
"emulation".)

I have purchased every version of CorelDraw until version 12.  For superficial 
users like myself, the Draw program in OpenOffice/StarOffice actually does a 
more than adequate job, and its user interface is much more intuitive (at least 
for me).  Inkscape is another open-sourced vector-based drawing program.  It is 
included in most Linux distros.  One of Sun's engineers reported that it has 
been successfully compiled in Solaris, but I don't know what has happened to it.

For pixel-images, GIMP is, feature-wise, much closer to PhotoPaint and 
Photoshop than Draw to CorelDraw.  But GIMP  has a very weird user interface 
which takes a while to get use to, if ever.

In about 2 to 3 weeks, we should see the release of SXCE 75, which will have 
xVM (Sun's version of XEN) integrated therein.  I have seen screenshots of 
Microsoft Windows running inside Solaris under xVM.  They look very impressive.
 
 
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