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From: | Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.misc |
Subject: | Re: c|net: Microsoft has officially killed MS-DOS. |
Date: | 17 Apr 2000 21:33:08 -0700 |
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Rez <rividh DOT minusthispart AT earthlink DOT net> writes: > Damian Yerrick wrote: > > > > On Mon, 17 Apr 2000 01:40:44 GMT, Rez > > <rividh DOT minusthispart AT earthlink DOT net> wrote: > > > > >[Personally I don't think linux will get anywhere with the mass market > > >until it can install and run ANY WinApp seamlessly, ie. such that the > > >average user can't tell the difference.] > > > > Wine is getting there. It already emulates over 90% of the Win32 API. > > Well enough that the average user can just stick the CD in the drawer > and have it install painlessly? And run with all features enabled? No. Was that a troll? -- Nate Eldredge neldredge AT hmc DOT edu
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