[cw-discuss] Crossover vs parallels

[Steve Spiller]

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> But you are comparing apples and pears. Parallels and BootCamp allow 
> you to boot into a full installation of Windows XP (which you have to 
> pay for the license to run legally). Crossover does not require any 
> payment to Microsoft to work. So there are bound to be some things 
> which it is unable to do.
>
> Saying that, not working with hardware such as serial ports does seem 
> a little  wierd to me.
>
oops, somehow part of my message got removed before I sent it.

I had:
Crossover does not require any payment to Microsoft to work, as it is an 
independant "Compatibility Layer" which allows some, not all programs to 
run under OSes other than Windows.