I'm forwarding (with permission) to Wine-Devel an email I got about the most recent WWN and 'Other Platforms' support.
--Zach
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rodney Sparapani rsparapa@mcw.edu Date: Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 1:02 PM Subject: WWN 353 To: zgold@bluesata.com
Hi Zachary:
I really like your column. But, I was shocked to read:
The biggest issue in this area is demand. There were specific BSD builds of crossover posted sometime back after much demand and Codeweavers saw very very little response. As a result not much effort has been put into the area. In short: if you're a user of Wine on BSD, Solaris or OS X and want more support speak up!
I don't know why the BSD experience with CrossOver has to have any bearing on OS X and Solaris support for Wine. Let me say it clearly: WE WANT SUPPORT! I have been trying to get Wine to work on these platforms for years. Some clever hackers created the Darwine package for OS X which has Wine in a nice installer and it has been working since about 0.9.12 (so a couple of years, I guess) and improving (which may have more to do with Wine improvements). For Solaris, Wine just started working for me with 1.1.3 (there were 3 Solaris patches in that release). Now, does this mean that I want to buy CrossOver? Not necessarily. I'm not sure if there is much to be gained. I certainly would consider it, if it was better. However, from my experience with the beta on OS X, I don't really see it as helpful at all. Maybe I'm wrong. But, if I'm wrong, then that doesn't mean that I don't want my platforms supported.
-- Rodney Sparapani Center for Patient Care & Outcomes Research (PCOR) Sr. Biostatistician http://www.mcw.edu/pcor 4 wheels good, 2 wheels better! Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) WWLD?: What Would Lombardi Do? Milwaukee, WI, USA