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Re: WINE on Cygwin


Dave Korn wrote:

>   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.

But WINE isn't a virtual machine, and it doesn't offer that kind of
protection.  You would need Xen / VMWare / etc for that.

Brian

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