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SpecOpS Labs Response to Wine Project

Posted by Hemos on from the the-battle-continues dept.

Kelly McNeill writes "osViews/osOpinion received the following letter from SpecOpS Labs. This letter is in response to the WINE HQ Weekly Newsletter, Issue 222 dated May 14, 2004, entitled "PROJECT DAVID USES CODEWEAVERS CROSSOVER OFFICE". Their objective in writing this letter is to clear up some of the issues raised on the statements contained in the aforementioned Newsletter, which they believe might misrepresent their efforts to expand the availability of Windows applications on Linux."

4 of 105 comments (clear)

  1. Linux going the way of OS/2 by Cold+Winter+Days · · Score: 1, Funny

    Add Windows compatibility, and it's doomed.

  2. two years! by quixoticsycophant · · Score: 5, Funny
    1. We have been working on David for more than two years now.

    C'mon, installing Crossover Office isn't THAT hard.

  3. Re:Shame! by k98sven · · Score: 4, Funny
    Yeah, given tall tales like these, how could anyone possibly get the impression that they're a scam?


    The story behind David reads like an adventure novel: In July of 2002, news of SpecOpS Labs' discovery was leaked from Oracle-Philippines to Microsoft in Redmond WA. Microsoft immediately relayed a communiqué to an Asian based Private Investigator requesting detailed info on the SpecOpS Labs Platform; days later, news of the investigation was intercepted by a friendly asset and delivered to SpecOpS Labs. In August, the Philippines' top computer scientist & MIT alumni scrutinized the David blueprint and certified its validity; a few weeks later, a high-ranking ASEAN IBM Official learned of the discovery and its certification and requested a meeting with SpecOpS Labs.


    I have no idea. That all sounds perfectly reasonable.
  4. Know what they're doing by millette · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess these guys must know what they're doing, their press release hit google news. But do they really? Search for "Corporate Structure teaser text here" and let me know what you think...