How well does WINE run if you have a Window$ CD?

[Roland]

Hello,

most potential WINE users already own a Windows CD. This is obvious because 
if you want to run a Windows program on Linux it is because you are 
probably already using it, and this means you have Windows installed somewhere.

Now, if I have the Windows CD I can copy all the needed DLLs(and whatever 
else) to the correct Directory.
Now my question how well does WINE run if you follow this approach?
If Wine doesn't work 100% doing it this way, I think this should be the 
main focus, because after this works, it will be just a question of time 
till we replace all DLLs with our own ones, one at a time.

What about DirectX? Can we use those DLLs? I suppose they need Windows 
drivers so they might not work with Linux. But would it be possible to make 
the Windows drivers work on Linux so that DirectX would run?

I think this would be a good intermediary goal, especially for all those 
companies wanting to switch from Windows to Linux because they already have 
Windows CDs.

Roland

[Roland]

At 09:06 AM 6/24/02 -0300, Roland wrote:

<snip>

Hello, did I ask the wrong question? I read the manual and it says that 
only a few basic dlls need to be implemented. For the other we can use the 
windows dlls. So I think my question makes sense. Is there a particular 
reason why no one wants to answer it?

Sorry for taking your time,
Roland

[Tony Lambregts]

Roland wrote:
> At 09:06 AM 6/24/02 -0300, Roland wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> Hello, did I ask the wrong question? I read the manual and it says 
> that only a few basic dlls need to be implemented. For the other we 
> can use the windows dlls. So I think my question makes sense. Is there 
> a particular reason why no one wants to answer it?
>
> Sorry for taking your time,
> Roland

As far as I know the biggest obstacle for this is DLL separation.

Tony Lambregts