> As it stands, only the VMWare
> approach (and VMWare has to keep changing to support Mr. Gates) will
> work.

I must disagree here. VMWare/Plex86 does not need to change to
support any future versions of Windows, providing that VMWare/
Ples86 implements a correct virtual PC. Obviously flaws in
VMWare/Plex86 can be exposed by new Windows versions, but they
are simply corners cut on the part of VMWare/Plex86 rather than
any controls exerted by Microsoft.

> Wine working at the 90% level is worthless -- if the MS Doc
> file with a set of MS graphics does not appear identical when printed
> as it does on the MS Win environment.

Agreed, although your prime use of a Windows emulator is to
run MS Office. Mine is to run an application to download
pictures from my digital camera. However I suspect that MS
Office is the main "must have working" windows app, and
most likely the hardest to get working under Wine.

In short a virtual machine approach will offer the
highest level of compatibility as it runs the original
Windows code. A Wine approach will offer fastest
execution as there are no emulation overheads. Also
I understand that Wine has implemented some things
more efficiately than the native Windows code.

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