[NTLUG:Discuss] Internet Explorer?

[Dennis Myhand]

Hi Chris:

TSTC Waco.  NEVER underestimate the pervasiveness of dumb.

Chris Cox wrote:

> My guess is no.  IE for Solaris had to install the rudiments
> of the MS OS onto the platform.  It was a real big package...
> not so trivial.  MS has no interest in Unix compatability...
> so you can forget iBCS too.  It crashed for me quite nicely...
> never tried an Solaris/Intel version though.. if one exists(??).
>
> Your best bet is trying to run the real McCoy under Wine (or VMWare or
> Win4Lin... of course these two are really cheating).  My recent
> attempts under Wine have not been successful.  I can run just
> fine using VMWare... but VMWare or Win4Lin will require
> a Windows installation.  May be your only bet though.  Still
> it's better than not running Linux at all.
>
> Can you switch schools?  Can you tell us which school?
> If it's a college or university, I can't imagine they would
> be so dumb.... with every year I become a bigger believer
> in home schooling.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> Dennis Myhand wrote:
> >
> > Okay:
> >
> > Dumb question time.  Can the Unix or Solaris version of Internet
> > Explorer be installed on a Linux Distro, Debian even, or are we talking
> > a whole different set of libs here?  I am being told that it can, and
> > (sadly), my school has embraced the darkside and become an all Microsoft
> > shop, to the extent of taking point off from students who do not use MS
> > products.  Thanks, Dennis in Waco
> >
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