Running solaris or linux executables on windows

Hi everybody,

This question is not related to .NET in anyway. However, given the high exp=
ertise of the folks that are answering questions here, I figured that this =
is the best place where I can turn for advice. For a project I am working o=
n, we have to deal with a temporary solution to access some data. Normally,=
 a T1 connection to a web service should be provided and my client would ac=
cess said web service. Unfortunately, there is a long delay in making that =
T1 connection available and we have to come up with a different approach to=
 access the data until the T1 link is put in place.

The client has provided two sets of executables compiled for Linux and Sola=
ris platforms (their environment is Unix). Since we have developed our syst=
em in .NET and deployed it on Windows machines, I need now to install some =
kind of Unix emulator and run said executables. The executables will dump t=
he XML data into a MySql database from where I can get it and do make use o=
f it.

My question for you is whether you could recommend a good Unix virtual mach=
ine for Windows that could host the two executables I need to run.

Thanks and sorry if this question is somehow off-topic.

Regards,
Eddie


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