From: kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 09:42:55 -0500
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Subject: Re: FreeWin95 Project
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   > Yeah!! Too simple...
   > Anyways,what does or should WINE do?
   > Coz if it's supposed to run win95 apps too on LINUX then GO FOR IT and
   > leave that crappy win95 alone. If it's only for win 3.1 apps...

   as far as i know it only does win 3.1 stuff. however it supposedly does a
   pretty good job of them.

I have not tried WINE myself, however at the last report I read, a few months
ago from the WINE home page, WINE included enough of the Win3.1 system calls to
make all of the applets MS delivers (ie control-panel, minesweeper, etc.), and
a few simple minded commercial apps also, run very well.  The group working on
WINE are adding 2-5 system calls per month by their report.  The basic Win3.1
environment is solid but there are hundreds of library calls to go before a
complete environment.

I suppose that once they finish the 16-bit interface they will tackle the WIN32
interface and be able to support WIN95/WIN-NT apps as well.

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Art S. Kagel, kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com

A proverb is no proverb to you 'till life has illustrated it.  -- John Keats