MS Office can be run without windows

MS Office can be run without windows
To allow more users to accept the Linux platform, codeweavers developed a software called crossover office that allows users to run MS Office and Lotus Notes without a Windows operating system. Without a Windows License or a Windows simulator, you can not only reduce costs, but also speed up the running of applications. Codeweavers said that using crossover office in a Linux environment is as simple and convenient as using Windows software in a Windows environment, which not only helps speed up the development of Linux itself, it can also attract more enterprises and institutions to choose Linux as the desktop system. Crossover Office will focus on enterprise users who intend to transfer to the Linux platform, IT consulting companies that focus on desktop management, value-added distributors, and internet devices and thin client users. Currently, the first version of crossover Office supports Office 97 and Office 2000. In the coming months, the company will also provide versions that Support Office XP. Crossover Office uses some wine technology to provide a runtime environment for MS Office. Although wine technology is relatively mature, if the DLL provided by windows is not implemented in wine, codeweavers must implement this dynamic link library by itself. Windows applications contain a total of 15 thousand function calls, which can be imagined as heavy workload. The company revealed that it took nine months to prepare for software development. Introducing crossover office is only the first step for codeweavers to enter the Linux Desktop. There are many applications on the Windows platform. codeweavers said it will launch a version that supports other Windows applications by the end of this year, however, I did not disclose the specific Windows applications. Similar products that can implement functions similar to crossover Office have already been put into the market, such as VMware. However, the implementation of crossover office is quite different from those of crossover office. Many of these products use Operating System Simulators, but crossover Office does not. If you use an operating system simulator, you must log on to the Windows system again from the Linux environment, just like logging on to another computer from one computer. This mode slows down the program running, you must also purchase a Windows License. The appearance of crossover office overcomes these shortcomings. In fact, the reason why Linux develops slowly is that the applications on Linux are not mature enough, and office applications play an important role in applications, however, Microsoft has been reluctant to disclose detailed technical information about office work. Although there is news that the US Federal Court may force Microsoft to disclose the technical information of the Office. Codeweavers said, however, whether the Federal Court will force Microsoft to disclose detailed technical information about the Office has little impact on them. Codeweavers indicates that crossover office is developed to run Windows applications in a Linux environment, so that Windows applications are no longer restricted by the Windows operating system. In the Linux environment, applications are indeed lacking, not only in quantity, but also in quality. However, it remains to be seen whether the adoption of this method can truly stimulate the development of Linux.