From:	mad14 AT cc DOT keele DOT ac DOT uk (G.W. Owen)
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Subject:	Re: OpenDOS: Win95 emu? Why the hell not!!!
Date:	29 Jan 1997 14:43:52 GMT
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mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote:
d: On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Orlando Andico wrote:
: 
: > On 26 Jan 1997, frenchc wrote:
: > 
: > > is probably the reason why I never did any more windows programing heheh)
: > > but how hard can it be to emulate the windows API?
: > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: > 
: > famous last words, don't you think?  ;)
: > i think the real problem is not just emulating the windows API, but all
: > those &*(&^$^ DLL's as well. micro$oft keeps adding and adding 'em and you
: > can't claim true windoze compatibility if you don't emulate them DLL's as
: > well..
: > 
: > for reference, see the WINE project.. after several years, even with lots
: > of volunteers, it's still incomplete.  8O
: 
: Hey, it's getting there!  WINE runs solitaire on my system.  Thats
: about it, but after 4 years of work from hundreds of people over the
: net, what do you expect?  :o) Seriously, I hardly doubt that any
: free Windows clone will become available within the next 5 years that
: has even the functionality of 3.1 does today.  This is unfortunate,
: but sadly I believe it to be true.  WINE will probably be the closest
: thing though.
: 
I know that Caldera WABI is proprietory, but does anyone know how
closely it emulates Win 3.1

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