On Thursday 27 June 2002 08:19, Jerry Feldman wrote:
At the present time, WINE (& CrossoverOffice) are not 100%. For Win9x, Win4Lin provides a solution and will run most Windows 9x programs. VMWare is a higher cost solution than Win4Lin, but does support NT, Win2K and WinXP. However, these solutions fail to provide software vendors any incentive to port their code to native Linux (and Unix). A few years ago before I converted my systems to Linux, the only application that held me back was Quicken. I eventually found Moneydance.
How true Jerry, providing true native Linux software is the only way Linux will ever be a serious desktop operating system. As much as I love Linux I often ask myself why do I run two operating systems? Years ago the Amiga OS and then IBM's OS were better alternative desktop systems then Windows. So what was lacking in these advanced alternatives to Windows, software applications. In Linux supporting projects that run Windows applications we are just shouting, yes Linux is great only if you use Microsoft or Win related programs! Don't get me wrong here of course we want programs to be able to save files in variety of different formats. Just the main application has to be a true Linux application. -- "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." -- Robert Frost