On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 01:49:26PM +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > >>I may change from MS Windows to Linux... My only hesitation is that I > >>have some Win32 applications that I often need to use. > > > > > >which one? > > Maple, for instance. I know that there is a Maple version for Linux, but > my university does not buy it.
That's a pretty poor reason, isn't it? Btw: Aren't the Linux and Windows versions of Maple shipped on the same CD? So it might be just a formality changing the Windows license into a Linux license. > I have heard that some versions of Linux can run MS Windows > applications. I have to check this information. Google for 'wine' and/or 'vmware'. Maple is the kind of application that should work under wine, but as I only have the native version, I can't check. The real solution for your problem obviously would be to use a native Linux version of Maple... Andre'
