RE: WINE on Cygwin

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

Andy Moreton wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 16:00:51 GMT, Alexander Gottwald wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 07:41 -0800, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>> 
>>> I guess I don't see the point. Isn't Wine an emulator for running
>>> Windows apps on Unix/Linux? If so then why would you need it under
>>> Cygwin as Cygwin already runs on Windows so if your want to run a
>>> Windows apps, well then just run the Windows app!
>> 
>> Sometimes it's useful to have a separation between the program and
>> windows. You could trace all registry or file access of a program. Wine
>> would be useful for remote program usage since it exports the display
>> via X11.
> 
> This still sounds fairly pointless. the tools from sysinternals.com allow
> you to monitor all file and registry access from an application. A VNC
> client will solve your remote operation needs.
> 
> So what is the real reason for wanting to do something so perverse ?
> 
>     	AndyM


  Well, how about sandboxing?  It's the ideal way to test out a virus or other
suspect warez: run it on a virtual machine where it can't escape into your
real one.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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