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FoxPro On Linux, Drama Ensues

Posted by timothy on from the till-lotus-won't-run dept.

bltfast32 writes "I don't know how many people have been following this, but this is definitely worth keeping an eye on. Whil Hentzen, prominent FoxPro and Linux advocate, has received some heat lately for publishing a HOWTO in the March 2003 FoxTalk issue for running Visual FoxPro 8.0 on Linux with WINE. Of course, the aforementioned heat, is coming from Redmond. Here is a link to a nice summary of the interactions by Whil." That summary mentions the Register article online here. bltfast32 also points to another article which requires registration.

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  1. This has other implications for end users by sisukapalli1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Can end users be penalized if they run something that uses statically or dynamically liked VFP code on Linux? Say, I get a screensaver and I decide to run it on Wine, (but for some reason the screensaver uses some VFP code, don't ask me why or how :) ), do I get into trouble?

    Or, am I being too paranoid?

    S

  2. Good thing MS was convicted... by setag · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Good thing MS was convicted of anti-trust violations. Now they can't tie thier software to the Windows OS...

    I love justice! How about moving away from FoxPro and MS to send MS a message? Like "we won't bow to your oppresive EULAs anylonger".