Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:43:48 +0200 (CEST) From: "P.U.Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: IE in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20050916061534.J80240@www.pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKEFMFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKEFMFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > My opinion on WINE is that it merely harms people who are writing > software > for FreeBSD. If I write a wordprocessor for Linux or FreeBSD and try to > sell it, why would a customer buy it when he can just use his Microsoft > Word under Wine? Don't forget Wine, Qemu, etc. are pieces of software themselves, written by great programmers and hackers for Linux and FreeBSD. They weren't discouraged from anything: They do contribute to the open source community. Regards, Uli. > > As a result the existence of these programs discourages interest in > native > FreeBSD programs, and encourages people not to wholeheartedly switch > over to FreeBSD. It also gives an excuse to software developers not to > bother > writing software for open source development since "they can always run > it on wine" > > Ted > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Garrett Cooper >> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:40 PM >> To: FreeBSD Questions >> Subject: Re: IE in FreeBSD? >> >> >> >> On Sep 14, 2005, at 2:35 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> >>> I run it in a window under the remote desktop port. Of course you >>> need a >>> real >>> windows box somewhere... >>> >>> Ted >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Yuan Jue >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:30 AM >>>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>>> Subject: IE in FreeBSD? >>>> >>>> >>>> Hello, all >>>> >>>> Does anybody successfully run Internet Explorer under Wine in >>>> FreeBSD? What >>>> should I do to get it run? Any suggestion will be appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best Regards. >>>> >>>> Yuan Jue >> >> It's possible under wine, but very difficult to configure and >> install. Search google for Wine IE, or the gentoo linux forums >> (forums.gentoo.org) for IE. >> -Garrett >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> -- >> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/86 - Release Date: >> 8/31/2005 >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ********************************************* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa - Wuppertal - Germany * *********************************************
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