[arachne] Re: Running Windows software in Linux (was Re: Users and Wizards)

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On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 06:31 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:
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> Hi Sam,
> 
> > BTW, the only reason I installed Windoze XP was to make it possible for
> > me to use the software for my Magellan GPS device.  Unfortunately they
> > don't have linux versions of the software and they don't have versions
> > that will work with Window$ 98SE.
> 
> that raises the question why you do not do what is expected of Linux
> users in that situation and run your Windows software through Wine.
> Afterall, the Wine developers state that the main reason for writing
> something like Wine is to make Linux users independent of Windows, and
> AFAIK all of the big Linux distributions come with Wine.
> 
> I guess if we poor DOS people had something like Wine, I would use it
> all the time. ;-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Udo

Interesting comments, Udo.

The problem is that I would still have to "upgrade" to Windoze XP just to 
install some of the latest and greatest Windoze applications.  Running 
Wine would allow me to work independently of Windoze, but it would not 
liberate me from having to "upgrade" to a highly DOS-hostile and
greatly inferior version of Windoze.

Sam Heywood

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