From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 16 04:27:34 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C211A16A41F for ; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:27:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21E8B43D45 for ; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:27:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: from reverse-213-146-114-24.cust.kamp-dsl.de [213.146.114.24] (helo=reverse-213-146-114-24.cust.kamp-dsl.de) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML2ov-1EG7ox2g5V-0002A3; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:27:31 +0200 Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:43:48 +0200 (CEST) From: "P.U.Kruppa" X-X-Sender: root@www.pukruppa.net To: Ted Mittelstaedt In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050916061534.J80240@www.pukruppa.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:2446dbdf8275641f979193ced594c629 Cc: Garrett Cooper , FreeBSD Questions Subject: RE: IE in FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:27:34 -0000 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 * *********************************************