LWN talks to CodeWeavers Chief Jeremy White

LWN talks to CodeWeavers Chief Jeremy White

Posted Aug 16, 2002 18:09 UTC (Fri) by stonedown (guest, #2987)
Parent article: LWN talks to CodeWeavers Chief Jeremy White

Jeremy is right. Choice is a good thing. If you don't want to run Windows apps, don't run them. But, don't attack Codeweavers and WINE for breaking down Microsoft's monopoly barriers to competition. Every Windows API function which gets implemented in WINE is another crack in the wall. It's a wall worth many billions of dollars to Microsoft, and I'd personally like to see it crumble like the fabled walls of Jericho.

Kudos to Codeweavers and WINE and congratulations for their amazing success so far. I hope it turns into a great business success for Codeweavers as well.

I'm planning to purchase the full Crossover package when Mandrake 9.0 comes out, so I can investigate moving my mom from Windows 98 over to Mandrake Linux. She mainly just uses Word, IE, and Eudora, but not being able to install and run much of the software in the stores could be a bit of a loss for her.

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