And they're local!

Paul

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Harry Penner <hpenner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mike Miller wrote:
>>>> Anything wrong with the GPL version of
>>>> VirtualBox?
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Box
>>> Besides requiring a Microsoft Windows license IN ADDITION to a Microsoft
>>> Office license? Nothing. These are not equivalent pieces of software.
>>
>> So Codeweavers runs Windows-only programs without using any Microsoft
>> software?  That does lead to a "lesser of two evils" kind of situation.
>>
>
> Mike, it's just souped-up WINE.  Crossover is just a cutting-edge,
> semi-closed version of WINE.  And they claim that most of what they
> develop gets contributed, eventually, to the GPL WINE project.  Most of
> the stuff they don't give back has to do with ease of installation, for
> their corporate audience.  Crossover is kind of like Red Hat; they juice
> up the OSS and sell support for it, to get in the door at places that
> normally wouldn't consider using Linux in the office because they don't
> have the time to screw around with WINE to get all their office apps to
> work.  IMHO Crossover is one of the good guys.
>
> Harry
>
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