Article about David the Operating System

[Brett I. Holcomb]

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, Joel Hammer wrote:
It's supposed to allow you to run windows apps under Linux and not use
Wine or anything else.  According to the press releases David (it's code
name) will do more than wine, winex, and all the others - they claim to
have discovered how to do it better than anyone else.  There was supposed
to be a demo this past week but I haven't heard the results.


 > Here are some snippets of the article. Does anyone know anything
about > this?
>
> Joel
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>      Merge Linux OS,Windows Programs
> 		 DOW JONES NEWSWIRES April 21,
>      2004 6:34 a.m.
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>      MANILA -- SpecOps Labs, a privately held Philippine software
>      developer, is set to unveil Thursday the working prototype of
>      its software that would allow Windows-based applications to
>      run smoothly on the free and open-source Linux operating system.
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>      By preloading a free operating system like Linux that can
>      seamlessly run Microsoft programs, the cost of purchasing
>      personal computers is expected to decline.
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>      Conceptualized and developed by a team of Filipino software
>      engineers, the primary purpose of David is to provide a platform
>      that would serve as viable alternative to the Windows operating
>      system, the company said.
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Brett I. Holcomb