Lee, I read these replies and realize how much I miss having a mind.
John R. On Aug 3, 2006, at 8:26 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Aug 3, 2006, at 6:11 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: > >> And then there are the programs that are being developed that will >> run Windows apps without Windows. Not THAT'S Nirvana, except of >> course they're still Windows apps. >> >> <http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/06/30/crossover/index.php> > > That's been a chimera among Linux developers for years, with > several projects around to reverse engineer the Windows API. Wine > [1] is the best known such project and the Darwine [2] port is > already available for Mac OS X. I've not tried Darwine, but I have > used Wine under Linux. It fails with most programs and even when it > works, it's still quirky. Crossover Office [3], mentioned in the > link given above, is a commercial fork of Wine. Cedega [4] is another. > > I'm gonna give Darwine a try this weekend because I'm curious how > well it does. > > [1] <http://www.winehq.com/> > [2] <http://darwine.opendarwin.org/> > [3] <http://www.codeweavers.com/> > [4] <http://www.transgaming.com> > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
