How much is VMWare? Last time I looked at it, it was quite expensive.

Regards,
Chris Pringle
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Frohwein <jeff@DEVRS.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]: Windows vs Linux


> "M. Adam Davis" wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately nothing like MPLAB exists for any OS other than Windows.
You
> > might try using MPLAB under WINE (windows emulator).  Wine is still
considered
> > beta, but it should be good enough for MPLAB.
>
>  Or you can get VMWare which allows you to run Windows on Linux or
> Linux on WIndows. Note that VMWare is not an emulation of an OS.
> VMWare isvirtual machine. I.E. To run Windows on a linux box you
> actually install Windows from the OEM CDs.
>
>  My neighbor uses VMWare religiously to run windows apps on linux and
> has found that even low-level network sniffer programs appear to run
> fine.
>
> http://www.vmware.com/
>
>  A nice thing about vmware for linux is that your whole windows OS can be
> backed up in one file. If some program goes through and trashes your
registry
> settings, all you have to do is restore a single file from backup. No
> need to go through the whole long reinstall from CDs mess that takes
> so long for reinstalling windows.
>
>  I have even heard of Windows NT users running vmware which is running
> Windows NT. (You can also have linux running linux.) Using this setup you
> can experiment all you want with installing new software packages or
> time-limit software. All experimenting can be erased by reloading one
> file from backup.
>
>  Jeff