http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11727
--- Comment #11 from Dmitry Timoshkov dmitry@codeweavers.com 2009-02-08 00:19:19 --- (In reply to comment #10)
" Wine is a translation layer (a program loader) capable of running Windows applications on Linux and other POSIX compatible operating systems. Windows programs running in Wine act as native programs would,
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running without the performance or memory usage penalties of an emulator, with a similar look and feel to other applications on your desktop. "
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There ARE limitations and restrictions (besides look and feel) caused by an underlying system, X11 in this case.