Microsoft "Windows for Linux"

[John Thompson]

Karel Jansens wrote:
 
> Matthew Gardiner wrote:
> 
> > What would be better is if IBM created an O/S 2 warp compatibility layer
> > for Linux.  Lotus Smart Suite is one piece of software available for
> > OS/2 Warp that would be nice for Linux.  IBM would lose nothing as it
> > has already discontinued selling OS/2 Warp, and will discontinue support
> > in a couple of years. This would be a win-win situation.  You'd be
> > surprised how many ex-OS2 warp programmers are out there, and this would
> > bridge the gap.

> Just a few remarks:
> 
> 1. There already is an XFree server for OS/2. The same people who make ODIN
> (the OS/2 seamless Win9x emulator) have a project running to make X
> programs run seamlessly on the OS/2 desktop. 

XFree86-OS2 is very nice, but it has been a labor of love by one
developer (Holger Veit) and he has not been able to release a new
version since 3.3.6.

The EverBlue project has potential; if you can't wait, the German
company HobLink has a seamless X server that works well inside
Presentation Manager, at least for some video hardware.  It
worked fine on my son's computer with a Matrox Millennium video
board, but the S3-968 board on my machine could never get the
colors right in the HobLink window.

In any case, having an X environment on top of OS/2 doesn't
appeal to me as much as having the OS/2 Workplace Shell running
on top of linux. THAT would be the best of both worlds, if it
could be made to happen!

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-John (John.Thompson at attglobal.net)