Re: How about sponsoring from IBM?

I would suggest that one of the things that would help would be for IBM
development labs which are developing Windows code, such as the Lotus labs,
to test their code under WINE as well as Windows, and if it does not work
to report any problems they find with APIs to the WINE community, perhaps
even with fixes as they can see what WINE is doing with their requests.
Without the source code and the understanding of what they expect to happen
it is difficult for WINE developers to work out why any app does not work
(although the tracing gives many clues).  This way WINE users get apps that
work and the developers get good feedback.

Roland                                                                                       
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01/11/02 05:47 PM

At 08:35 AM 1/11/02 -0600, Paul Clarke wrote:
> My attempt to convince you otherwise:
>
> http://oss.software.ibm.com/developer/opensource/linux
> http://www.ibm.com/linux
>
> Paul Clarke, IBM

Good, so it really seems that IBM is commited to Linux. Now my question is,

would it be too much to ask IBM to spend 1% of that 1 billion for Linux on
WINE? Of course we are assuming that a full-featured WINE would DRASTICALLY

increase the success of Linux. This would be in accordance with:
"...with a shared vision of making Linux succeed." quote
from  http://www-124.ibm.com/developer/opensource/linux/

If the assumption is true I think those 10 Million would be the best spent
part of that 1 Billion.
Paul, do you know the people in charge of the Linux sponsoring? How about
talking to them about this idea? It would be interesting to hear what they
say. Maybe they even don't know about the WINE project...

Just my 0.000 000 001$

Roland

How about sponsoring from IBM?

[Geoff Thorpe]

Hi there,

One of the better ways to show the potential to IBM would be to find one of 
their apps that *does* work under WINE and get it demoed to their 
management. Although it sounds like some of them are already (internally) 
using Notes under Linux? Hmm ... I have one or two leads I can try to 
follow, but it's a sure thing that a "wrapper" company would have more joy 
getting something to stick, eg. a redhat, mandrake, codeweavers, etc.

Cheers,
Geoff