[Leaplist] WINE (Was: More Anti-Linux Propaganda from MicroSuck and Worst Buy)

[Jason Boxman]

Derek Konigsberg wrote:
> I can't speak for Ventrilo, but WoW falls into the small category of:
> "Application someone put considerable specific effort into Wine to make 
> it work."
> 
> Also in this category would be some outdated version of MS Office, and 
> just enough other "seed" applications that it allows many Linux 
> advocates to falsely claim that "Wine runs most Windows apps".
> 
> Sometime, if anyone is curious, try running some serious Windows app 
> *other* than WoW or an old version of MS Office, and see how far you 
> get. But launch it from a terminal window.  Then, look at all the "stub" 
> and "fixme" messages flying by.  Then, go to Microsoft's website and 
> look up all the API calls that Wine didn't implement yet or stubbed 
> out.  You'll notice that they generally date back to Windows 2000.  And 
> its currently 2009.

No kidding.  I gave up on wine back in about 2003 or 2004.  It never ran 
anything outside of specific applications that it was specifically tuned 
for.  In the age of cheap virtualization, it hardly matters anymore, 
even without a dedicated physical box for Windows to run on...



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