M$ Haters.....Why?

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ion-storm said:

rocketpig said:

Yes, the public did, by default. You're talking in abstracts now but in previous comments, you mentioned that we "have a choice" in using Windows or not. Well, I don't. I avoid it most of the time but there are still occasions where I'm forced to use it because it's the default PC platform for 95% of users out there.

PS. Wine doesn't do anything. You still need Windows on your computer to use it. What's the difference? MS gets their money either way. You may as well boot into Windows at that point and take advantage of running the programs natively.

 

Er what? Are we talking about the same WINE. I mean to quote themselves...

"Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely free alternative implementation of the Windows API consisting of 100% non-Microsoft code"

http://www.winehq.org/

 

 

Yes indeed. Wine does not require Windows at all, nor does it break any laws because the code is rewritten from scratch. The same goes for Mono, which does .NET on Linux.

The only problem is software patents, which are only in some countries and are bad legal constructs that are unenforcable because they are vague and "only ideas" so wouldn't stand up in any real test. Microsoft refuses to tell us what patents they think free software like Linux infringes, but maintain that they do: it's an empty threat to extort money from companies selling Linux like Novell (which they have).