Silly Goose! Just because Linux is open source does not mean that the programming body cant charge a fee for software that runs on linux. Linux itself is GPL but you are able to write software for linux and then charge a fee for it, but under the GPL, the source must be included as well. Now I'm not entirely sure if any or all of these are GPL'ed or not, but remember! The term "open source" doesn't say "free of cost", it says "free to look at, modify, or change" there are many open source programs out there that charge a fee for the software/media it is distributed on such as mandrake itself! Actually read the license agreement that comes on disk 3 of the mandrake 8.2 distribution. Some of the software on this disc is not GPL'ed at all! But yet is still free to download from mandrake... Kinda the opposite here! Free software, not open source! Besides, think about what sorts of abilities these programs provide and try to tell me that they are not priced fairly. If Microsoft had software like Vmware, how much do you think the licence would cost you? Would it be released under the GPL? We all know the answer to this!
Cory Grey Coastal Pacific Xpress www.cpx.ca (604) 575-0983 -----Original Message----- From: FARSHAD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 12:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] run windows executable in Linux ... hello miark thanks alot for your mail .. all these apps which you say are monetary .. Linux is open source and GPL (copy left) why some app in this platform is monetary ? bye ----- Original Message ----- From: Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] run windows executable in Linux ... > You have four options: > > 1. Wine, which is a Win32 compatibility layer. It will allow you > to run some win32 programs in Linux. It's a hit and miss thing. > http://codeweavers.com > > 2. WineX, which is based on Wine, but developed specifically for > playing win32 games. It can handle DirectX 8 games. It currently > costs $5 per month for an RPM download subscription. > http://www.transgaming.com/ > > 3. Win4Lin > This is a full-blown, full-featured package that allows you to > install Windows 9x/Me as a virtual machine. It doesn't do DirectX, > so no gaming here. Handles everything else, though. It's about $100. > http://www.win4lin.com > > 4. VMWare > Like Win4Lin, except it will allow you to install operating > systems other than Win9x/Me. It's about $300. > http://www.vmware.com/ > > Miark > > > "FARSHAD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith: > > > hello > > in linux can i run windows executable applications ? i have heard there are > > Windows emnulator or Dos emulator which can run exe files .. is that right ? > > if that work correctly , where can i download that ? i'm using from mdk 8.2 > > are there these utilities into itself mandrake ? > > > > Thanks .. > > bye > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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