>>>>>Hi Experts,
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>>>>>I have a client who has machines running on Linux (Ubuntu). He checked out my VFP application and would like to acquire it.
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>>>>>I know Wine is there as a means to run Windows apps on a Linux box. Has anybody ever had experience installing and running a VFP app in Linux? Your help and experience would greatly help me explore this avenue.
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>>>>Googling [visual foxpro wine] gets you some results. My understanding is later versions of VFP are not fully supported and/or thoroughly tested.
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>>>>A better option IMO would be to install a VM manager such as Sun's VirtualBox on Linux, then install a Windows OS on that, then run your VFP app on that virtualized Windows OS.
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>>>Isn't wine supposed to be a breach of the EULA copyright or has that changed ? . The VM solution with installed Windows would be legal though.
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>>That could well be. It was long enough ago I don't remember the details.
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>Does Whil Hentzen still start his car by remote control ?

You mean to be sure Microsoft didn't put a bomb under it? ;-)

He certainly did not endear himself to them at the time.