Well, hey--Wine is something we can all benefit from. Haven't you ever run across a piece of Windows freeware that you'd like to run? I think it's fine to support alternatives to Windows-specific shrinkwrapped programs (OpenOffice v. MS Office; LAMP/LAPgP v. MS Web Server; GnuCash v. Quicken; etc.). But every now and again you run into some routines that are written for Windows--coupon printers, that sort of thing. Now what are you going to do? Refuse to have anything to do with them? That's called "cutting off one's nose to spite one's face." Wine allows us Windows functionality without having to pay for a Windows license. It's worth having for all the instances in which you don't have access to the source code. Temlakos On 09/19/2010 08:34 PM, James McKenzie wrote: > On 9/19/10 5:18 PM, JD wrote: > >> On 09/19/2010 03:53 PM, James McKenzie wrote: >> >>> On 9/18/10 5:54 PM, JD wrote: >>> >>>> On 09/18/2010 05:48 PM, James McKenzie wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 9/16/10 7:57 PM, JD wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> executed the command >>>>>> wine "/sdb3/home/jd/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Internet >>>>>> Explorer/iexplore.exe" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> You know, there is a mailing list and forums for Wine. You might be >>>>> better off asking questions about this program there. >>>>> >>>>> BTW, this is a known issue with eaWine's Iexplore which is a link to the >>>>> GECKO Mozilla engine. >>>>> >>>>> James McKenzie >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Yeah.. I decided to dump it. I uninstalled everything "wine". >>>> Not worth all the jumping through hoops to make it work right. >>>> >>> There is this saying, if you want to run Windows, then run Windows. >>> VBox and VirtualBox do a good job. However, we are here to support >>> Linux, and if we don't report problems with Linux programs, they don't >>> get fixed... >>> >>> (I know that I'm basically preaching to the choir here, but some folks >>> figure that problems will be fixed by magic.) >>> >>> James McKenzie >>> >>> >> That's not the issue with me. >> If there is something I really need and find problems, >> I do indeed submit bugs. >> I have so many bugzilla accounts, that I have to keep >> my account passwords on an encrypted usb stick. >> Wine is just not something I really need. I was only >> curious and found it too unprepared for prime time. >> >> > JD: > > Thank you for the honest opinion of Wine. > > James Mckenzie > > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
