Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:28:27 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Garrett Cooper" <youshi10@u.washington.edu>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: IE in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKEFMFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <79F94BE8-511C-42D4-8DC3-F78849F2555A@u.washington.edu>
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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? 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Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.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 >
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