Clueless reporters

[lerninlinux at comcast.net]

I have a lawyer who runs Windows under Linux (Red Hat is the distro) using VMware (I believe 
version 3).  He uses Windows for Adobe's pdf writer program, as legal docs are sent to him in that 
form sometimes and they need to be modified.  A while back I told him that Staroffice and 
Openoffice have the ability to write a pdf,for when he gets a word, rtf, or txt doc.  He is 
supposed to be talking to the Missouri bar on Linux and opensource in the upcoming months.  Not 
sure of the date.
> From the reporter of that story, in a response to an email I sent
> stating my displeasure with his FUD article. Maybe he's not clueless,
> but just a sensationalist. 
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> "I'm not aware of Linux's ability to run Windows as a VM, unless you're speaking 
> of something like CodeWeavers/WINE software, which runs some Windows software 
> but not actually Windows. (And runs only some of it, I'd add.) Could you share 
> more details on this subject? I've been writing about Linux for several years 
> and am not aware of anyone running Windows VMs in Linux. Have you implemented 
> this technology, or do you know anyone who has? I'd be very interested in 
> talking to them; I'm working on a story about Red Hat and SuSE talking about 
> adding partitioning technology in software geared for the 2.8 kernel timeframe."
> - Stephen Shankland, reporter, CNET News.com
> 
> I told him of Win4lin, which if I am not mistaken runs the 
> actual Windows code in a VM. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
> Not that it is important to me, as I only use Windows to pay
> the bills, and only because I haven't had any Linux job offers.
> 
> Brian
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