From: mad14 AT cc DOT keele DOT ac DOT uk (G.W. Owen) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: OpenDOS: Win95 emu? Why the hell not!!! Date: 29 Jan 1997 14:43:52 GMT Lines: 33 Distribution: world Message-ID: <5cnnn8$n5g@gerry.cc.keele.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: potter.cc.keele.ac.uk To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote: d: On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Orlando Andico wrote: : : > On 26 Jan 1997, frenchc wrote: : > : > > is probably the reason why I never did any more windows programing heheh) : > > but how hard can it be to emulate the windows API? : > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : > : > famous last words, don't you think? ;) : > i think the real problem is not just emulating the windows API, but all : > those &*(&^$^ 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 -- Gareth Owen Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.