I've been really looking at wine for the last couple of months or so. Last little bit I've been helping by doing some testing and filing bug reports. I must say the developers of this project have done an amazing job. Its increadible how close you all are. If you can at least get code associated with making install shield based installers and other installers work flawlessly in the next little while this project will set the being a major thorn in Microsofts side when they bring out Vista. This project has the potential to really deflate them. If anything could be a major encouragement to you this no doubt should be.
Thanx guys.
On 4/25/06, Philip V. Neves philip.neves@gmail.com wrote:
I've been really looking at wine for the last couple of months or so. Last little bit I've been helping by doing some testing and filing bug reports. I must say the developers of this project have done an amazing job. Its increadible how close you all are. If you can at least get code associated with making install shield based installers and other installers work flawlessly in the next little while this project will set the being a major thorn in Microsofts side when they bring out Vista. This project has the potential to really deflate them. If anything could be a major encouragement to you this no doubt should be.
Ummm... they're not trying to be a thorn in Microsoft's side so much as simply interoperate with them. Think compatibility. The kind that opens markets, creates options, and encourages diversity. If Microsoft can't survive in such an environment, it's their doing. Not ours.
--tim
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:24:26 -0700, Philip V. Neves wrote:
If you can at least get code associated with making install shield based installers and other installers work flawlessly in the next little while this project will set the being a major thorn in Microsofts side
ARGH! <chuckle> And there was me thinking we had most of the InstallShields nailed by now. I guess not :(
Maybe a useful SoC code project could be for somebody to work through the CW Installer Challenge backlog.
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