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Re: Yes, Hebrew Microsoft Office on Linux! (Actually: VMWare!)



Hi,

Great ! Could you please comment on stability & Speed ? I tried to find
some answers on their website, but nothing was there to  be found.

Schlomo

On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Udi Finkelstein wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> If you haven't checked www.vmware.com yet, do it now!
> 
> They have a beta version of their Virtual Machine software for Linux. It's
> possible to run multiple virtual machines, each running DOS/Win 3.1/ Win
> 95/Win 98/Win NT 4.0/ Linux (yes, virtualized under the host Linux!) !
> 
> There will also be a future version allowing to do the same under NT.
> 
> I have installed Windows 98 (Enabled) + Office 97 in a virtual disk, and it
> works!
> 
> For those who claim that the x86 architecture is not fully virtualizable - you
> are probably right, but the holes are so small which is why this thing works.
> 
> This is the most amazing piece of system software I have seen in **Years**.
> 
> udi
> 
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