[H-GEN] Softwindows for Linux.

[Martin Pool]

On Tue, Sep 01, 1998 at 03:02:29PM +1000, Andrae Muys wrote:

> Ok, quick poll.
> 
> How many people would by Softwindows for Linux?

I probably wouldn't at the moment -- there just happens to not be any
W32 apps or games I'm using right now -- but at other times I would
jump at the chance.

> If it did|didn't support DirectX?

It'd be nice.

> What would be the most you would pay for it?

For home, probably about $130.  I could stretch to perhaps $200 for
work use.  If it was too unstable, or lacking features -- say,
couldn't put Windows on the X11 desktop -- then a bit less.

I've seen a program on a PowerMax -- I think it was SoftWindows --
doing emulation.  It was very impressive: one can run Netscape inside
Windows and talk to a server on the Mac; and it does a laptop-style
save&restore thing between sessions.  I hear Linux works too: you
stick in the CD and install onto (what looks like) the PC's boot
sector and hard drive.

-- 
Martin Pool