Dotan you hit the nail on the head! --- On Thu, 26/3/09, Dotan Cohen <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Dotan Cohen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: The role of Wine > To: "Linux-il" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 26 March, 2009, 4:39 PM > > An operating system is an > environment meant for running applications. > > Ideally, it is the applications, rather than the OS, > that are the real ends, > > with the OS merely being means to that end. > > > > Do you mean that Linux is not a religion? That we can > actually use > other operating systems if the programs that we want only > run on those > systems? Heresy! > > Seriously, if a user finds himself needing to run an > application > designed for ABC operating system on XYZ operating system, > then before > even trying Wine, an emulator, or a VM, the user should > contact the > author of the software and ask for a version that runs on > his OS. > Authors will not write software for any OS unless > there is an > interest expressed in using the software on that OS. > > Before ever trying to run an application in Wine, write to > the > software author and ask about Linux support. > > -- > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > http://gibberish.co.il > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
