Corel Dropping WINE?

Nathan Ehresman writes "According to this "Corel Corporation will use GraphOn's Bridges(TM) software to allow access to Windows applications from Corel's(R) Linux desktops." Does this mean Corel is dropping support of WINE? " I sure hope not. They've put a lot of effort in to the project, and I think they raised a lot of peoples hopes and expectations...

Comments

Do You Trust GraphOn?

[Ledge Kindred]

These guys have been making a lot of funny press releases lately, like being involved with the claim that China was proclaiming Linux the "Official OS of China" or their more recent one where they claim to have the patent on any technology that allows remote display of Windows apps on UNIX-like systems.

One can't quite help but suspect these guys might be trying to ride some of the current publicity around Linux, especially that generated by Comdex.

I'd personally wait until Corel makes some sort of announcement themselves before taking this one from GraphOn with anything but a large grain of salt.

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Wine will go on

[Stu Charlton]

If Corel drops support, it's not the end of the world: It's just the sign of a struggling business making a tough business decision. The work they've put into the project should be remembered & respected - but it will go on with or without them.

Yipes! No, that's not what it does!

[Ami Ganguli]

Corel is using Wine to port their applications to Linux. I've always assumed (perhaps wrongly) that they weren't interested in Windows emulation, just porting their own apps using the Wine API.

GraphOn produces networking products, not Windows emulation. This is basically a Windows version of X-Windows.

So:

To port Corel Office to Linux -> Wine

To run Windows apps remotely with the display on a Linux box -> GraphOn

To run Windows apps locally on a Linux box -> Wine

Bloody sensationalistic headlines

[Neph]

Wine and this Bridge utility serve completely different purposes, and I have no idea what leap of logic could lead one to the conclusion that Corel is dropping Wine support.

Corel wants Wine mainly for winelib, which allows it to build Linux native executable versions from its existing Windows codebase with a minimum of fuss.

GraphOn's Bridges allows you to run Windows applications on a remote server, and have them displayed locally (much like X clients). Unless Corel has suddenly dropped the licensed-software model in favour of "application rentals" from the desktop, which would be a pretty rash move even by Corel's standards, I really don't see the "threat" here.

Steve 'Nephtes' Freeland | Okay, so maybe I'm a tiny itty

This is based on old events

[tilly]

Nearly a year ago Corel sold GraphOn their technology for allowing remote access to Windows boxes in a platform neutral way. This announced agreement would appear to be based on that old event. Corel would presumably prefer it if you used Linux. But if you have a legacy Windows application that must be run, Corel wants that not to be a barrier.

Pluse Corel does partly own GraphOn, so what is good for GraphOn is good for Corel. :-)

Cheers,
Ben