osOpinion: The Real Reason for Wine

[ Thanks to Kelly McNeill for this link. ]

"That is where wine (wine is not an emulator) would shine. It is independent from Microsoft's whims, and would enable the average consumer to retain an investment in all the software that comes on these CD-ROMs. Without allowing Microsoft to invalidate such an investment at one fell swoop in order to punish some hopeful competitor."

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