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WineConf 2005 Sets Deadline for Wine 0.9

Posted by timothy on from the windows-users-decant-of-your-sins dept.

IamTheRealMike writes "As WineConf 2005 took place last weekend, the Wine developers discussed the project's direction and future. A new deadline of September 30th for the 0.9 release was set by Alexandre Julliard -- the release promises to bring an end to the system of monthly snapshots and provide a new focus on ease of use and stability. A new GPLd application regression testing tool called CXTest was demoed, as was some of the great Direct3D work being done lately. Finally the CEO of Gupta gave a talk. Gupta have ported their 4GL RAD tools to Linux by working with Codeweavers (who sponsored the event), and their experiences were documented in a fascinating presentation. Overall: big thumbs up, but it's not obvious enough that there's enterprise-level support available for Wine. Check out the group photo and the new Wiki!"

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  1. Deadlines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Made only to be broken.

    1. Re:Deadlines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Hmm, good question. You know, we should get a lot of people together, all in the same physical place, to study the phenomenon.

      Of course, any such gathering would have to ignore its own existence... if it even once asked 'why are we here?' the members would become locked in endless recursion and would starve.

  2. You know... by MisanthropicProgram · · Score: 4, Funny
    there will be no Wine before its time!

    Ok, OK! I won't give up my day job! Oh wait, I don't have a day job.

    I going to go and cry now. Manly tears.

  3. Women by alta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, all the women in that pictures really says a lot. ...Geeks

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  4. Group Photo by dgos78 · · Score: 4, Funny

    All those bodies, and so little testosterone.

    It's a joke! Sorry, I couldn't come up with anything else.

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    SYS 64738
  5. Nerds by Stibidor · · Score: 4, Funny

    When I saw the group photo, I thought, "What a bunch of nerds!" And my heart longed to be there...

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    http://nerdfortress.com/
  6. Go nuts! by FooBarWidget · · Score: 2, Funny

    Many people on the photo actually have wives and girlfriends, they're just not on the photo.

    Go nuts!

  7. Just in time for Longhorn... by hey · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... which will change all the APIs

  8. I need to stop playing MMORPGs by Minwee · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't be the only one who expected to see "" under each of the names in the group photo.

    1. Re:I need to stop playing MMORPGs by Minwee · · Score: 2, Funny
      Nor can I be the only one who just had a hard, brutal reminder to Preview and look closely before submitting. Let's try that again.

      I can't be the only one who expected to see "<WINE Developers>" under each of the names in the group photo.

  9. A.V.O.A.T. by glamslam · · Score: 1, Funny
    Check out the group photo

    Which, iconically, is the same group photo displayed on the website for A.V.O.A.T. (the Association of Virgins Over the Age of 20)...