techlists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As much as I like Wine, and use it myself for some products, I fear that > the wine project may do to linux what win-os/2 did for os/2. If your > system will run win32 apps, what insentive do companies have to develop > native programs for you.
Well, Wine has been around for what, ten years now and this hasn't happened? And in a way, it's been at roughly the same functional level for most of that time. Many apps work to some extent, some work very well, some don't work at all. (The exact apps and support keeps changing, because it's a moving target.) I don't foresee Wine ever becoming so complete that many companies will use it as an excuse not to write Linux versions. A few have tried, and have mostly failed in the market. (Games I think are the only area where it's been taken seriously.) Unless Windows stops moving, Wine isn't going to catch up. And if Windows stops moving, it can only be because we won. Note that the WineHQ's myths page disagrees with me, but 10 years and no v1.0? History weighs against their arguments. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - I am the rocks. Organ transplants are best left to the professionals -Bart Simpson/1F15 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
