[Sorry for the double post, I posted on the wrong thread first time]
Wine (or vmware) is only an interim solution to ease the transition to Linux desktop. We need a great set of tools to make it easy to recompile windows applications on Linux. There are several good developers who believe in 'software libre' philosophy, but are used to MFC and windows based tools and so are contributing windows-only source code. These developers need the tools to easily recompile their apps to Linux.
Once free software developers port their windows-only apps to Linux, then it will be only a matter of time before proprietary-software developers (like Quicken, Adobe etc.) start delivering Linux versions of their windows-only software.
programs written in java are already being delivered for Linux, windows and os/x in this way (e.g. Jbuilder, together control center...)
Far more effort should go into development of tools for moving away from windows-only source code. wxWindows, Borland Kylix and Mono are in the right direction but not there yet.
Wine (or vmware) is an interim solution to ease the transition to Linux desktop.
We need a great set of tools to make it easy to recompile windows applications on Linux. There are several good developers who believe in 'software libre' philosophy, but are used to MFC and windows based tools and so are contributing windows-only source code. These developers need the tools to easily recompile their apps to Linux.
wxWindows, Borland Kylix and Mono are in the right direction but not there yet.
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Wine (or vmware) is only an interim solution to ease the transition to Linux desktop. We need a great set of tools to make it easy to recompile windows applications on Linux. There are several good developers who believe in 'software libre' philosophy, but are used to MFC and windows based tools and so are contributing windows-only source code. These developers need the tools to easily recompile their apps to Linux.
Once free software developers port their windows-only apps to Linux, then it will be only a matter of time before proprietary-software developers (like Quicken, Adobe etc.) start delivering Linux versions of their windows-only software.
programs written in java are already being delivered for Linux, windows and os/x in this way (e.g. Jbuilder, together control center...)
Far more effort should go into development of tools for moving away from windows-only source code. wxWindows, Borland Kylix and Mono are in the right direction but not there yet.
Wine (or vmware) is an interim solution to ease the transition to Linux desktop. We need a great set of tools to make it easy to recompile windows applications on Linux. There are several good developers who believe in 'software libre' philosophy, but are used to MFC and windows based tools and so are contributing windows-only source code. These developers need the tools to easily recompile their apps to Linux. wxWindows, Borland Kylix and Mono are in the right direction but not there yet.
LOL., Mod this up!