[Article] WINE and the importance of application compatibility

[nn]

WINE and the importance of application compatibility

http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012751o-2000630136b,00.htm



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[Scott Ritchie]

nn wrote:
> WINE and the importance of application compatibility
>
> http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012751o-2000630136b,00.htm

It's a good article, though it's sad to see a mention of "WineX" as a 
serious alternative to Wine.  WineX was obsolete years ago (and the 
consensus about its successor Cedega on the various web forums seems to 
be that it's often substantially behind Crossover Games).

Codeweavers, you need to do a better job letting people know Crossover 
Games exists.

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie

[James McKenzie]

Scott Ritchie wrote:
> nn wrote:
> > WINE and the importance of application compatibility
> >
> > http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012751o-2000630136b,00.htm
>
> It's a good article, though it's sad to see a mention of "WineX" as a
> serious alternative to Wine.  WineX was obsolete years ago (and the
> consensus about its successor Cedega on the various web forums seems
> to be that it's often substantially behind Crossover Games).

The article stated that most of it was a few years old.
> Codeweavers, you need to do a better job letting people know Crossover
> Games exists.

WE need to get to the point where most of the common business type
applications will run in Wine without a bunch of twiddling and fixes.
The average "Joe" user will not put up with this.  I've been on this
mantra for a long time.  Build a better mousetrap built on an OS that is
more robust and market it correctly and you will have the world at your
fingertips.  Witness the comparision between Windows and OS/2.  OS/2 was
technically superior but had problems running most of the current
software.  It 'died' and Windows lived on.  The same could be said about
Linux/Wine at its current state.   I need Wine to run a few Windows
applications, one of which will not be made for either Linux or Mac. 
Thus, I have to have Windows compatibility or Windows itself.  I don't
feel like 'polluting' my system, so I need API compatibilty.  Wine
delivers this for me.  The problem is that I need another Windows
program to run.  I'm going to work on it and report bugs as they
occur.   I may also start running Winetest to see what works and what
does not.  Hopefully, with the recent release of XQuartz 2.3.3, most of
the problems have gone away.

James McKenzie
> Thanks,
> Scott Ritchie