----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:55:47 +0100 To: Rickard Svensson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Wine and industrial communication like OPC
> > I found the DCom update for Win 98 (Se: > > http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom98/download.asp?SD=GN&LN=SV&gssnb=1) > > The licens is bad: (Se: http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom98/eula.asp) > > --- --- --- --- > > 1. GRANT OF LICENSE. This EULA grants you the following rights: > > > > * Software License. Microsoft grants you the right to make and use as many > > copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT as you have validly licensed copies of Microsoft� > > Windows� 98. You may also make copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT for backup and > > archival purposes. > > > > * Distribution. You may not redistribute DCOM98. > > > > --- --- --- --- > > Yes, it's not good. I'm not sure about the distribution clause: > presumably it's talking about the package itself rather than the > software but obviously IANAL. I don't know that much about licenses, but the second point seem to stop all distribution: "You may not redistribute DCOM98." > > But I have to convince my boss... > > How meny ours do you think it wood take to get DCom to work in Wine? > > 50 h / 100h / 500h / 1000h ? > > Good question. I'm afraid I have no idea, it's impossible to predict. > > I've CCd Rob as really me and Rob are the only ones who have been > hacking on the DCOM code lately. Mike has been doing some work on widl > but that wouldn't be necessary to get a wire-compatible DCOM. > > If I had to guess, I'd say we're looking at 500 man hours + OK, now I have an aproximate time to go on, and talk to my boss about. > > I'm the one who is mostly for Linux here, as I mentioned XP ersion is on the way, > > we have used QT to make or application. So it is > easy to migrate and there is a definite risk that all will go towards a > XP embedded variant :( > > That would be bad, but you win some you lose some .... Yes, but for me personly the Linux work in this company would probably be redused to a minimum. /Rickard -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm
