Re: WDSC V7 Turbo Boost

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am paying close attention to VirtualBox as they are going to be coming 
out with the equivalent of other products' "coherence" mode which will 
allow you to run Windows applications as if they are on the Linux 
desktop.  Sure Windows still needs to be booted in a small virtual 
Window, but it is something I can live with until IBM gets a Linux 
version available.  All I want is the ability to easily copy/paste and 
Alt+Tab to and from all applications.

What is curious to me is if the non-IBM i EGL tooling can run in Linux 
entirely.  Anybody know?  When I went to OSCON (O'Reilly Open Source 
Conference) a few years ago I was left with my jaw open at how many 
people DIDN'T run Windows.  I was by far in the minority sitting there 
with my black little Thinkpad running XP (80% of attendees had Macs).  
If those are the developers IBM is targeting with the new EGL tooling 
then they forgot one important ingredient - the OS those developers run 
for their desktop :-)

On a similar note, the competing MyEclipseBlue only runs on Windows - 
what a dumb bummer. 
http://www.myeclipseide.com/index.php?name=Downloads&req=viewsdownload&sid=32  
(Though the regular MyEclipseIDE *does* run natively on Linux).

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com


Pete Helgren wrote:
> The Linux world is getting better but my primary complaint is that some 
> applications (not necessarily desktop apps) still need to be compiled 
> and recompiled when there are kernel upgrades (Asterisk is one of 
> those).  But in general the desktop world in Linux is pretty trouble free.
>
> Given that XP will no longer be sold after the end of this month, there 
> is will an opportunity for an "XP Replacement" in the market until 
> Windows 7 is released. I'd love to get a few of my customers to embrace 
> a Linux/OpenOffice/Firefox/Thunderbird environment.
>
> As for spending all of my time in Linux, I still cannot until we get a 
> RBD/RDi version that runs in Linux.  If I could get *that* then I could 
> spend 95% of my time in Linux (I am running OpenSUSE 11.1).
>
> Someday......
>
> Pete
>