I'm not advocating the use of Microsoft software with this tutorial. In some situations, such as on the job, people really don't have a choice as to what OS they have to use.
It is not a tutorial on dual-booting, sheesh give me a break. This is a tutorial on using open source programs on Windows, and running them transparently on the desktop. There are a number of uses for such a configuration, perhaps for people that develop both Windows and Linux applications.
I wrote this tutorial because nobody else has, and if you think they have you are sadly mistaken. Go ahead and give me a link to any tutorial even remotely similar to what I've written. It is not a glorified tutorial on cygwin or vmware. It is a tutorial on implementing specific features of both products in order to run windows apps concurrently with Linux apps.
If you don't have any use for such a configuration, that's fine. I am a storng supporter of the open source movement, and this tutorial reflects that. If you think it doesn't, that's just your personal bias. I love my slackware box more then I could love any other commercial OS. Hopefully, my tutorial will win the praise of those who seek to wander in the bliss of Linux, but are incapable of doing so.