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Master of Reality:
i installed wine with my distro, then tryed to install wineX (i think i removed wine first), so maybe there is some old wine files left, that wineX is looking at.

gnomez:
I applaud the effort put into wine, but it would be better if we could convince software developers that Windows is an inferior development platform, due to the fact that the kernel is closed source and the Windows development tools are pricey and inferior to those in Linux.  Also, if that doesn't convice them maybe they should realize that Microsoft isn't playing fair with them.  A Microsoft executive recently told a judge that Microsoft should have the right to make changes to Windows that would impair the performance of competitors' software!  But, he said, Microsoft will only do this if it believes it is acting "in the best interest of Windows users."  Do you believe Microsoft acts in its users best interests?

Here is the link of the article if anyone wants to read it.  It's on the NY times which requires registration but go to http://www.majcher.com/nytview.html?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/26/technology/26SOFT.html
which will randomly enter junk for the registration and let you immediately read the article.  I was greatly angered when I read it and I wonder why people continue put up with Microsoft and its clearly illegal and immoral business acts.

badkarma:
X11 -> run updatedb

badkarma:

quote:Originally posted by Garden GNOME:
I applaud the effort put into wine, but it would be better if we could convince software developers that Windows is an inferior development platform, due to the fact that the kernel is closed source and the Windows development tools are pricey and inferior to those in Linux.  Also, if that doesn't convice them maybe they should realize that Microsoft isn't playing fair with them.  A Microsoft executive recently told a judge that Microsoft should have the right to make changes to Windows that would impair the performance of competitors' software!  But, he said, Microsoft will only do this if it believes it is acting "in the best interest of Windows users."  Do you believe Microsoft acts in its users best interests?

Here is the link of the article if anyone wants to read it.  It's on the NY times which requires registration but go to http://www.majcher.com/nytview.html?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/26/technology/26SOFT.html
which will randomly enter junk for the registration and let you immediately read the article.  I was greatly angered when I read it and I wonder why people continue put up with Microsoft and its clearly illegal and immoral business acts.
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The problem for bussiness who write consumer level software is that right now there just isn't enough of a market for them to actually make a profit on the development of the software. I do however believe that in due time this will change (linux is winning a lot of ground on the desktop afaict), but right now linux is in a vicious circle concerning the desktop. Not enough consumers using linux means not enough bussinesses porting their software to linux which is a deterrant for a lot of average pc users to try linux (this and their general obliviousness to the very existance of linux due to the M$ marketing machine)

gnomez:
There would be a Linux market if Microsoft wasn't such a monopoly.  Here's the plan: Since M$ Office is the standard that everybody in the office environment must have due to the necessity of "compatibility," force Microsoft to port their applications to other operating systems, namely Linux.  Businesses will quickly adopt Linux for its stability and cost (free) and will instantly give Linux a huge user base.  Other companies will follow suit, realeasing their business/office/graphic design applications for Linux.  This will create an avelanche effect and bring about an OS revolution.

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