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Date:      Fri, 4 Aug 2000 10:15:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com>
To:        Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: concerning o/s incompatibility
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008041013290.21781-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>
In-Reply-To: <856532CB07BED3118FE300204840E28A01107688@vexwncc02.hurlburt.af.mil>

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Sure it's possible--run VMWare under Windows.  So then you'd have an OS
running in an application (VMWare) which is running under another
application (Windows). :-)

Ken

On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil wrote:

> Why would you want to run a real OS like FreeBSD as an application under
> another application (Windoze)?  Win 9X versions are not operating systems,
> they're applications that look like OSs.  I concede that Win 2K and NT are
> OSs though.  
> 
> I don't believe it's possible to run an OS as an application under another
> application.  Besides the file systems are completely different. 
> 
> --Mark
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Hi,
> >    I'm a S5V4 Unix user. I would like to know what is the difference
> > between the unix version that I am using on my old computer now and
> > FreeBSD. I would also like to know if I can use freeBSD under windows95
> > as an application instead of a O/S?
> > If not, please tell me about a unix, such as Reflections X that can be
> > used under windows NT... thank you



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