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Author: Scott Ritchie scott@open-vote.org Date: Tue Jul 28 03:26:25 2009 -0700
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<h1 class="title">About Wine</h1>
-<p>Wine is a translation layer (a program loader) capable of running -Windows applications on Linux and other POSIX compatible operating -systems. Windows programs running in Wine act as native programs would, -running without the performance or memory usage penalties of an emulator, -with a similar look and feel to other applications on your desktop.</p> - -<p>The Wine project started in 1993 as a way to support running -Windows 3.1 programs on Linux. Bob Amstadt was the original -coordinator, but turned it over fairly early on to Alexandre -Julliard, who has run it ever since. Over the years, ports -for other Unixes have been added, along with support for Win32 -as Win32 applications became popular.</p> - -<p>Wine is still under development, and it is not yet suitable for -general use. Nevertheless, many people find it useful in running -a growing number of Windows programs. Please see the -<a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/">Application Database</a> -for success and failure reports for hundreds of Windows -programs, as well as the <a href="http://bugs.winehq.org/">Bug -Tracking Database</a> for a list of known issues, and the -<a href="{$root}/status">Status</a> page for a global view on Wine's -implementation progress.</p> - -<p>A broad spectrum of Wine developers can be reached in the -<a href="{$root}/forums">Wine forums</a>. Comments about the winehq.org -website can be emailed to <a -href="mailto:web-admin_at_winehq.org">web-admin_at_winehq.org</a>. Alexandre -Julliard leads the Wine project, and may be reached by email at -<a href="mailto:julliard_at_winehq.org">julliard_at_winehq.org</a>.</p> - -<p>We've also assembled a short list of resources to help you understand -the project:</p> +<p>Wine lets you run Windows software on other operating systems. With Wine, you can install and run these applications just like you would in Windows.</p> + +<p>Wine is still under active development. Not every program works yet, however there are already <a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/UsageStatistics" title="Wine Usage Statistics">several million people</a> using Wine to run their software.</p> + +<h2>Open Source and User Driven</h2> + +<p>Wine will always be <a href="" title="Wine licensing">free software</a>. Approximately half of Wine's source code is written by volunteers. The rest is sponsored by commercial interests, especially <a href="http://www.codeweavers.com/products/" title="Codeweavers Crossover Office">Codeweavers</a> who sell a supported version of Wine.</p> + +<p>Wine is heavily reliant on its user community. User tests fill our <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/" title="Wine Application Database">Application Database</a> to track how well programs work, and all the answers in the <a href="http://forums.winehq.org/" title="WineHQ Forums">forums</a> come from volunteers.</p> + +<h2>Learn more:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="{$root}/history">Wine's History</a></li> <li><a href="{$root}/why">Why Wine is so important</a></li>