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I heard from somebody that had Wine run a Windows virus in Linux. That's why I am glad that it isn't in the default distros, you have to download it after install. I think that the better solution is to grow Linux to the point that people like Turbo Tax and the game ware find it profitable to put a Linux distro on the CD. When I bought my first computer in 1985, when you bought one of the primitive programs of the day like Pocket Writer, there was a dos, Apple and Commodore edition in the same box. There is no reason why it couldn't be done that way again. The disincentive for the proprietary writers is that most Linux users dual boot and will just reboot their system and run the game ware in Windoze. I've heard from people that have had viruses on Linux native. That doesn't make it likely. Its pretty easy to separate Windows & Linux in a dual boot, or when using Wine. As for Linux native software, its hard to tell people to wait for something they need to 'eventually' be made available for Linux when they can just dual boot/use a VM/use Wine. Don't get me wrong, I'd love more Linux software but the transition for people to Linux is more likely to happen if you don't tell them that they won't be able to do 'random thing that they do in Windows'. - Paul
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