On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:46:26 +1100 Aaron Mason <simplersolut...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wine is a good idea, but it's stifling an even better idea - making > applications compatible across multiple OSes, something that hasn't > needed to be done in the M$ world because of the stranglehold they > had/have over the consumer market. > Microsoft will not follow free standanrds, Linux will follow Microsoft/IBM/Intel/W3C/bullshit_human_slaving_private standards. And I believe that is not portability in no way. That is just assassinating legacy and freedom. > Let's put this into perspective: Linux would absolutely jump in > popularity if Valve ported Steam and the Source engine to it, meaning > games like the Half Life series, Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2 could > run natively - not to mention that it would prompt other games that > sell their wares through the Steam CDS to port their games as well - > but since most of the games run just fine in Wine these days, there's > no incentive. This will happen. We just have to wait for Linus/Redhat/Suse/etc to sign more NDAs. Look after your kids. -- Egon E. Braun Filho <mundoa...@gmail.com>
