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LindowsOS Softens Microsoft-Compatibility Claim

Posted by timothy on from the wise-move dept.

jukal writes: "As seen originally at newsforge: On Friday we reported the appearance of Microtel PCs with LindowsOS pre-installed at Walmart.com. Then, Walmart.com and Lindows were claiming that LindowsOS 'delivers the stability of UNIX with the ease of Windows and the ability to run most Microsoft programs.' Today, that last phrase has gone missing and there is no more talk of running any programs designed for Windows, let alone Microsoft products"

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  1. Re:How Long Before by ajs · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That would just result in an arms war, which realistically, Wine is already fighting. They add calls to undocumented API entry point X; code breaks on Wine; Wine adds undocumented API entry point X; code works; call Y; code breaks; Wine+Y; code works; etc....

    In the end, Wine is sort of doomed to always be a revision or so behind MS products (perhaps ultimately a service pack or two), but it's still doable.

    About the only thing MS *could* do is add code that checks for some Windows license data and call it "anti-piracy" code. Then they could press charges under the DMCA when Wine "circumvents" that measure by adding the data or a stub function that reports its existance.