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On 06/28/2009 10:16 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 10:09 AM, pk<peterk2@××××××××.se> wrote: |
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>> Why Windows? I'm merely curious, not trying to criticize... |
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> No offense taken. All the trading is done on the Windows platform |
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> using proprietary trading platform apps. All the datafiles are |
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> therefore sitting in Windows and it just seems easier... |
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So true, and that's exactly where M$ wants us. I need to use a |
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couple of M$-specific apps for the same reason, and much to my |
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joy they both run very well on recent versions of wine. |
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I first tried wine years ago when it was running only 16-bit |
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windows apps and I gave it up as nothing more than a toy -- but |
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things have *really* changed since then! |
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Wine is a toy no longer, it's a powerful tool and I'd urge you |
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to play with it at for a week or two to see what it can do. |
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They have an apps database that lists popular windows programs |
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that are known to run under wine (or not) and what you need to do |
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to get them working. |
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http://appdb.winehq.org/ |
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I don't see Trade Station listed there but you could be the first |
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one to get it working :-) |
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