From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: c|net: Microsoft has officially killed MS-DOS.
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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 04:37:09 GMT
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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.

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