Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 13:14:35 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Roland Jesse <jesse@mail.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Opera ports to QNX but not BSD Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010518130331.047c6d20@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010518123515.H48909@lpt.ens.fr> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010517150555.04774c80@localhost> <20010515121629.A10144@xor.obsecurity.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010515131451.00b13950@localhost> <20010515140528.A11778@xor.obsecurity.org> <20010515141341.B714@zippy.mybox.zip> <20010515142152.A12190@xor.obsecurity.org> <20010515142738.A53178@zippy.mybox.zip> <4.3.2.7.2.20010515153824.045e3e70@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010516115802.0533d100@localhost> <0vg0e4fpgl.fsf@cs.uni-magdeburg.de> <4.3.2.7.2.20010517150555.04774c80@localhost>
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At 04:35 AM 5/18/2001, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: >> It means no support for the platform or its users! NO software >> company supports its product running under an emulation. > >http://linux.corel.com/products/wpo2000_linux/ >Runs under wine. Not quite. They have recompiled the product into a special version for Linux that uses WINE as its graphics library. The version of WINE they use is their own unique one, not the standard distribution. See http://linux.corel.com/support/wine_faq.htm where they say: >Q. Are you using the same versions of Corel applications that you ship for >Windows? >A. The applications that we currently ship are not identical to >the Windows versions. They have been "tuned" for Linux, meaning that >certain Windows-specific features not implemented in Wine have been >removed or modified, and some Linux-specific features have been added. >However, the applications are compiled from the same source code base as >the Windows versions. > >Q. Can I run any Windows applications under Wine? >A. We at Corel have only >tested our own products and have verified that they work properly under >our version of Wine. Other Windows applications may run properly, but they >are untested by Corel. > >Q. Is Corel using the public version of Wine? >A. We are using our own >version of Wine that is based on the public Wine release, but that also >includes a number of changes.... They will NOT support versions of WINE that they do not produce, nor will they support the use of their product on FreeBSD. >That's precisely the point. Why would we care about a closed source >product that we can't fix ourselves? What difference does it make if >it's a native FreeBSD binary? There is nothing wrong with closed source products. But it IS important to have support for them. Opera should not be discouraged from porting to FreeBSD because they are closed source; it's only fair that they should be able to make a living from their work! But they should not expect users to pay for a product and then get no support. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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