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MERGE (windows emu)



It doesn't work.  Surprise.  You need the SCO program manger to install 
it.  I wrote to SCO asking about the possibility of its running and/or a 
Linux version:

>Hi,
>
>There are a few reasons why we havent done as you suggest.
>
>First, Merge is a little more intimate with the OS than a typical
>application program.  Since Merge creates a virtual machine, it
>makes use of certain, low-level operating system facilities that
>I suspect at different or nonexistent under Linux.  Even if you
>could get Merge to install on Linux (which I think could be done
>with some tweaking), it would not be able to function.
>
>Second, I dont really think we'd get much business for Merge on
>Linux.  The Linux world likes free product, or maybe at most $95
>products.  We cant engineer, sell, and support a Merge for Linux
>at that price, and even if we did, wouldnt that be undercutting
>our primary market?  I dont think the Linux market would pay $500
>for Merge.
>
>Also, you already have the DOSEMU package in Linux.  Doesnt it do
>what you need?
>
>I'm sorry, I know this is not the answer you wanted, but I have
>to call 'em as I see 'em. 
>
>Dion L. Johnson II  - The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.              

And, of course, the $500 part is quite correct. Ah well.

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