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Date:	Thu, 4 Mar 2004 23:56:40 PST8
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: VMWare

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In <404800D9.4C04AE62@pacbell.net>, on 03/04/04
at 08:23 PM, "J. R. Fox" said:

>This is probably the major thing that I wonder about, wheher it's VPC,
>VMWare, or SVISTA under consideration: is fake (emulated) Windoze
>*still* going to open any doors for viruses, Trojans, worms, backdoor
>programs, or spyware executables to get in and do their thing ?

Sure it is. The only safety factor will be that most OS/2 users using an
SVISTA type of setup would not allow the WinXX side to see the internet
all that often, if at all.

However, let's say you want to file your taxes with TaxCut or whatever.
This is a typical case where OS/2 alternatives are lacking. It's going to
be pretty hard not to let the WinXX side see the internet.

The door will be open. How far open is hard to say.

>some fantastic deal that could be had on VMWare. But I suspect it
>wouldn't be that much better than what you could obtain via the Academic
>price. I don't think VPC was going to sell that many copies to end-users
>at $300. a pop. If Serenity can offer a noticeably better price on this
>new product, things could be different.

There was plenty of demand for VPC at $300 a pop and there will continue
to be.

Regards,

Steven

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