At 00:45 10/31/2005 -0800, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
>Tracy R Reed wrote:
>> Todd Walton wrote:
>> 
>>>I don't think that's true.  The only real obstacle left is based on
>>>the fact that not many people are using Linux on the desktop.  There
>>>are no more technical considerations.  I mean, what more do people
>>>want??  What does Windows do that Linux doesn't???
>
>Runs Microsoft Office.  Runs WMV3 format movies.  Runs tons of games.
>Can purchase music from iTunes, Yahoo, and Napster.


All of which can be done with Crossover Office ($40 from the Codeweavers
folks <http://www.codeweavers.com> ). Yes, you have to pay for it now.
However, they are tied in heavily with the WINE project
<http://www.winehq.org> which is true open source, and the WINE project
just went beta. I've been using WINE for quite a while now to run some
Delphi apps that I wrote that I don't feel like porting yet. Eventually
I'll be doing everything in FreePascal since it's getting pretty close to
being able to replace Delphi.

Gus


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