When I switched to Linux from Windows (which was not rally an option for me since my company is a window-less one :) ), i was missing some of the fancy free tools which ran only in Windows. I thought there must be someone out there who came up with a way to run windows compatible software in Linux machines. I was Googling to find a solution and came across WINE.(http://www.winehq.org/)
WINE stands for "WINE Is Not an Emulator." An emulator is a piece of software that makes one computer act like another. A company named Connectix, for instance, sells an emulator that lets a Macintosh behave like a Windows PC so anyone can use their Windows software on the Mac. Emulators, however, are pretty slow because they're constantly translating information on the fly.
The WINE project is an ambitious attempt to knock out one of the most important structural elements of the Microsoft monopoly.
It tries to clone what is known as the Win32 API, a panoply of features that make it easier to write software for a Microsoft machine.
It has produced some dramatic accomplishments making it possible to run major programs like Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel on a Linux box without using Windows.
Interesting... Like to try and see
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