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Re: Wine Strategy - Run Older Non-MS Win Apps - Deny MS New Funds

  • Subject: Re: Wine Strategy - Run Older Non-MS Win Apps - Deny MS New Funds
  • From: flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 01:14:49 -0700
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: The Los Angeles Free-Net
  • References: <MPG.20c54f27e26d3c509897c8@news.lafn.org> <MPG.20c55310c43dff949897cb@news.lafn.org> <56211445.9YjT0ObVg6@schestowitz.com>
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  • Xref: ellandroad.demon.co.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:529132
In article <56211445.9YjT0ObVg6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 
newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> __/ [ flyer ] on Tuesday 29 May 2007 05:59 \__
> 
> > In article <MPG.20c54f27e26d3c509897c8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, flyer@xxxxxxxxx
> > says...
> >> 
> >> Paid good money for non-MS Win software?
> >> 
> >> Well don't waste your money, just run it emulated under Linux with Wine
> >> or QEMU etc.
> >> 
> >> Avoid MS obsoleting of software, and at the same time refuse to fund a
> >> criminal MS enterprise.
> >> 
> >> Buy and sell older software, much of which is incredibly useable.
> >> 
> >> While learning Linux I'm still running a lean mean *98Lite* version of
> >> 98SE, and these older apps are non-bloated completely useful programming.
> >> 
> >> With Wine you don't need to install windows to run good 3rd party win
> >> apps. With QEMU you'll need to install win in an emulation space within
> >> Linux.
> >> 
> >> This is particularly good as a Linux transition strategy.
> >> 
> >> Or, like the brave souls, just go 100% Linux.
> >> 
> > 
> > PLUS!!! with good wine, computing is so much FUN!!!
> 
> Too many typos though. I tried.
> 

Wait a second, you *found* the keyboard??

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