a question about DOS emulation in Win XP

[DCT Jared Smith]

> Why not you just port the application to Linux and be done with the
> evil-empire forever???

Because any empire which calls another empire evil, is not itself clean enough to be presented as 
the only sound alternative.

Because Linux is just as complicated and difficult as Windows, for people who are still running DOS 
programs. Perhaps moreso.

Because the intention to assimilate everything into Linux... is flawed, based on the fact that it 
is free, and voluntary.

In other words, the first part of your question is valid, yet that which follows the 'and' does not 
necessarily follow, usually a condition of using a conjunctive. I yearn for the day when Linux 
stands as the better alternative without a single user resorting to FUD.

In other words, the bumper sticker on the back of my Chevy doesn't have me pissing on Ford: it has 
me shaking hands with one of the Chevrolet Brothers, thanking them for a job well done.

> Monty J. Harder wrote:
> 
> >>This is not a linux question, but I think that some of you might know the
> >>answer.  A friend at work wants to get a new computer that will stand
> > alone,
> >>not attached to the intranet or anything, and bascially run one program.
> >>The program they want to run is a DOS program.  I know that Windows XP has
> >>an emulator.  Will this emulator run DOS programs?  If so, how much
> >>degredation of performance is there?  Thanks for the help.