>Hi Gang....
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>Noticed this new product on the market...........
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>Parallels Workstation 2.2 for Linux and Windows
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http://www.parallels.com/en/download/workstation/>
>Would not the Linux version open up the floodgates so VFP Software could run on the Linux operating systems (by installing XP in the Virtual Machine)???
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>If so, would this not get around MS relunctance to allow VFP to run on Linux, because MS Software OS has been installed in this case (in the VM on Linux)?
I don't see any advantage - VFP would still be running on XP, while XP would be hosted in a VM.
Microsoft would still require you to buy a copy of XP to do this.
Regards. Al
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