Actually, there is a Windows Emulation program, WINE, available for Intel Linux/Unix X-Windows which will allow you to run a variety of MS Windows and DOS programs. According to its documentation at
http://www.winehq.com/about.html, it supports DOS, Win 3.x and Win32 binaries. It is also working on OLE and COM support. Go check out the web page and judge for yourself.
Melissa Danforth
Customsoft Corporation