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Moshe Goldfarb.
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:41:01 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> Debunking the Debunked WINE Myths
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>| Myth 1: "Wine is slow because it is an emulator"
Wine is slow because it is WINE and not native Microsoft code.
It is written by basement boys in their spare time.
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>| Myth 2: "Wine is bad for Linux"
Linux is bad for Wine.
It pollutes the taste....
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>| Myth 3: "Emulators like VMWare are better"
They are assuming you aren't too cheap to pay for them, like most Linux
users are.
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>| [...]
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>| Myth 4: "You need Windows anyway"
Yep.
Legally....
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>| [...]
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>| Myth 5: "Wine is bad, Winelib is better"
Who cares?
You just gave a perfect reason not to run Wine.
Nobody can figure it out.
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>| Myth 6: "Wine will always be playing catch up to Windows and can't possibly
>| succeed at running new applications"
15+ years and still the website says not for mission critical applications.
That says it all.
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Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
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> Debunking the Debunked WINE Myths
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Myth 1: "Wine is slow because it is an emulator"
Wine is slow because it is WINE and not native Microsoft code.
It is written by basement boys in their spare time.
>| [...]
>|
>| Myth 2: "Wine is bad for Linux"
Linux is bad for Wine.
It pollutes the taste....
>| [...]
>|
>| Myth 3: "Emulators like VMWare are better"
They are assuming you aren't too cheap to pay for them, like most Linux
users are.
|
>| [...]
>|
>| Myth 4: "You need Windows anyway"
Yep.
Legally....
|
>| [...]
>|
>| Myth 5: "Wine is bad, Winelib is better"
Who cares?
You just gave a perfect reason not to run Wine.
Nobody can figure it out.
|
>| [...]
>|
>| Myth 6: "Wine will always be playing catch up to Windows and can't possibly
>| succeed at running new applications"
15+ years and still the website says not for mission critical applications.
That says it all.
|
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/