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Author: Kyle Auble randomidman48@yahoo.com Date: Tue Sep 11 15:11:00 2012 -0700
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<h1 class="title">About Wine</h1>
-<p>Wine lets you run Windows software on other operating systems. With Wine, you can install and run these applications just like you would in Windows.</p> +<p>Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a +compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several +POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD. +Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or +emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly, +eliminating the performance and memory penalties of other methods and +allowing you to cleanly integrate Windows applications into your +desktop.</p>
-<p>Wine is still under active development. Not every program works yet, however there are already <a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/UsageStatistics" title="Wine Usage Statistics">several million people</a> using Wine to run their software.</p> +<p>Wine began in 1993 under the initial coordination of Bob Amstadt as a +way to support running Windows 3.1 programs on Linux. Very early on, +leadership over Wine's development passed to Alexandre Julliard, who has +managed the project ever since. Over the years, as the Windows API and +applications have evolved to take advantage of new hardware and +software, Wine has adapted to support new features, all while being +ported to other OSes, becoming more stable, and providing a better +user-experience.</p> + +<p>An ambitious project by definition, work on Wine would steadily +continue for 15 years before the program finally reached v1.0, the first +stable release, in 2008. Several releases later, Wine is still under +active development today, and although there is more work to be done, +<a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/UsageStatistics" title="Wine Usage +Statistics">millions of people</a> are estimated to use Wine to run +their Windows software on the OS of their choice.</p>
<h3>Open Source and User Driven</h3>
-<p>Wine will always be <a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/Licensing" title="Wine licensing">free software</a>. Approximately half of Wine's source code is written by volunteers. The rest is sponsored by commercial interests, especially <a href="http://www.codeweavers.com/products/" title="CodeWeavers CrossOver Office">CodeWeavers</a> who sell a supported version of Wine.</p> +<p>Wine will always be <a href="http://www.winehq.org/license" +title="Wine licensing">free software</a>. Approximately half of Wine's +source code is written by volunteers, with the remaining effort +sponsored by commercial interests, especially +<a href="http://www.codeweavers.com/products/" title="CodeWeavers +CrossOver Office">CodeWeavers</a>, which sells a supported version of +Wine.</p>
-<p>Wine is heavily reliant on its user community. User tests fill our <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/" title="Wine Application Database">Application Database</a> to track how well programs work, and all the answers in the <a href="http://forums.winehq.org/" title="WineHQ Forums">forums</a> come from volunteers.</p> +<p>Wine is heavily reliant on its user community too. Users volunteer +their time to share tips and test results on how well their programs +work in our <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/" title="Wine Application +Database">Application Database</a>, file bug reports to notify +developers of problems in our <a href="http://bugs.winehq.org/" +title="Bugzilla">Bug-Tracker</a>, and answer questions in our +<a href="http://forums.winehq.org/" title="WineHQ Forums">forums</a>. +</p>
<h3>Learn more:</h3> + +<p><i>(Several of the following pages are currently being reworked and +may not be up-to-date)</i></p> + <ul> - <li><a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/ImportanceOfWine">Why Wine is so Important</a></li> - <li><a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/Debunking_Wine_Myths">Common Myths about Wine</a></li> - <li><a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/WineHistory">History of the Wine Project</a></li> - <li><a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/ProjectOrganization">Organization and Leadership</a></li> + <li><a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/ImportanceOfWine">Why Wine is so + Important</a> + </li> + <li><a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/Debunking_Wine_Myths">Common + Myths about Wine</a> + </li> + <li><a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/WineHistory">History of the Wine + Project</a> + </li> + <li><a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/ProjectOrganization"> + Organization and Leadership</a> + </li> + <li><a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/WhosWho">Some Contributor Bios + </a> + </li> + <li><a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/Acknowledgements">Other + Acknowledgements</a> + </li> </ul>