1 - Assume there is a given Windows Library in binary form. 2 - You have a Linux library where the source is available. Now you want to develop a Linux application that uses both libraries. Is this possible ? Background: The Windows library in question implements a communication protocol for automation industry on top of TCP/IP. This communication protocol now i want to use on Linux from my own application. My Linux application would write the read data into a shared memory on the Linux system and accept outgoing messages on a mailbox. See: http://pvbrowser.org http://pvbrowser.de/pvbrowser/pic/prinzip.png