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   From: Hadron    
   Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware,alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
   Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:08:21 +1300   
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   SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid> writes:   
      
   > * Immure Obfuscation wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   >> "Chris Game"  wrote in message    
   >   
   > [...]   
   >   
   >> I'd also like it if my Windows applications ran on Linux (not **similar**    
   >> applications ... I mean the **same** applications).   
   >   
   > http://frankscorner.org/   
   >   
   >> For years, Microsoft    
   >> supported Office on the Mac. Well, it's not likely they'd do so for Linux.    
   >> But I also rely on products from other vendors (Adobe is on my must-have    
   >> list). If Adobe and other vendors would release the **same** Windows apps   
   on    
   >> the Linux platform, then ta-ta to Windows.   
   >   
   > Now that I just solved your issues when can we expect the switch?   
      
   This is very misleading advice. Many windows apps do not run properly   
   under Wine and the overhead of running them in a virtual machine is not   
   an option for many people. WINE is so poorly configured and subject to   
   so many changes that google shipped picasa for Linux with a frozen   
   version.   
      
   I would ask the OP if he is sure that the Windows apps are a must have.   
      
   The only app of note I really miss is Frontpage which despite its   
   detractors, is a fairly stable and easy to use wysiwig html editor.   
       
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