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From: "Joe Smith" <unknown_kev_cat AT hotmail DOT com>
Subject:  Re: WINE on Cygwin
Date:  Thu, 3 Nov 2005 15:25:55 -0500
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> I guess I don't see the point. Isn't Wine an emulator for running
> Windows apps on Unix/Linux? If so then why would you need it under Cygwin 
> as Cygwin already runs on Windows so if your want to run a Windows apps, 
> well then just run the Windows app!

Well how about to support WINE development?
It would be quite nice to be able to run an app under windows and under WINE 
at the same time to help differentiate between wine bugs and software bugs 
(Including Windows bugs).




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