running PSPP from a Windows environment

[C Buxton]

I do a lot of data processing using SPSS for windows... however it is VERY 
expensive to licence. I am looking into using PSPP. What I want to be able 
to do is either:

Run a linux distro in a 'window' in windows (if possible)
Or
do something similar to terminal serving from a Windows machine to a Linux 
box hosting the software... also doubing up as a data Server

I would also like that the linux OS (hosted eiother way) could 'see' the 
datafiles as well as the Windows OS that I would be using.

I have no experience of using Liunx.  :-(  ... Any ideas on where I could 
start..

Chris