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:ARNnet: IBM a Reluctant User of Wine Software
ARNnet: IBM a Reluctant User of Wine Software
Jun 9, 2005, 16 :00 UTC (26 Talkback[s]) (8627 reads)

(Other stories by Robert McMillan)

"IBM's effort to promote Linux as a viable alternative on the company's 350,000 corporate desktops took a step forward last month, when the company's IT organization began supporting the open-source Firefox browser. However, while the move to support a browser that runs on Linux may provide a boost for both Firefox and IBM's internal Linux effort, Big Blue hasn't been nearly so eager to promote a lesser-known piece of software, called Wine, that it has used to advance Linux on the desktop..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Why doesn't IBM just port Lotus Note ...   Simple Solution   
Nicholas Holowaty
Jun 9, 2005, 16:36:46
 
Being a little nit picky with the FUD eh ...   So what....   
da
Jun 9, 2005, 16:38:01
 
Linux needs the commercial software vend ...   won't work anyway   
mike
Jun 9, 2005, 16:44:11
 
while IBM loosens its 1 billion (marketi ...   geek suckers !   
vm
Jun 9, 2005, 16:45:45
 
IBM has bitter experience that tells it  ...   and for good reason   
Joe Buck
Jun 9, 2005, 16:46:56
 
The wine project was started way back in ...   I'm reluctant too   
chip
Jun 9, 2005, 17:23:26
 
WINE is one of those things that shouldn ...   Don't push it too hard   
David Johnson
Jun 9, 2005, 17:33:35
 
I'm actually a reluctant WINE user t ...   Understandable...   
Kavey
Jun 9, 2005, 17:42:40
 
> The wine project was started way back  ...   Re: I'm reluctant too   
paai
Jun 9, 2005, 17:52:06
 
Sorry, Jeremy, WINE (or CodeWeaver) is n ...   WINE is not an answer   
GreyGeek
Jun 9, 2005, 18:14:25
 
that Koenning is right.  There are ' ...   In this thread we have proof   
GreyGeek
Jun 9, 2005, 18:22:41
 
> The alternative is to aid, assist or f ...   Re: WINE is not an answer   
Jeremy White
Jun 9, 2005, 18:41:08
 
> Linux won't be accepted for genera ...   Re: won't work anyway   
bla
Jun 9, 2005, 19:26:45
 
When a Windows application won't wor ...   success   
Eduardo
Jun 9, 2005, 19:27:32
 
Jeremy you say:> Now, when Notes 8.0 is  ...   Re: Jeremy White   
chemicalscum
Jun 9, 2005, 19:29:21
 
When Judge Jackson came down hard on the ...   The Anti Trust WiNE Proposal   
Gary Edwards
Jun 9, 2005, 21:37:45
 
> > The wine project was started way bac ...   Re: Re: I'm reluctant too   
Tom Wickline
Jun 9, 2005, 21:56:05
 
Sorry but LinuxToday bounced my URL refe ...   Re: The Anti Trust WiNE Proposal   
Gary Edwards
Jun 9, 2005, 22:14:24
 
Hey, this is interesting.  Back in Febru ...   June 10th AntiTrust Hearing   
Gary Edwards
Jun 10, 2005, 06:25:59
 
> IBM has bitter experience that tells i ...   Re: and for good reason   
Eric Laffoon
Jun 10, 2005, 06:32:07
 
Wine is not used at Corporate level beca ...   Patents   
Jeremy
Jun 10, 2005, 07:38:35
 
The wine project has resulted in winelib ...   One thing to remember   
Wesley Parish
Jun 10, 2005, 10:21:56
 
Jeremy White said "The elephant in the r ...   Codeweavers works,... but WINE project doesn't   
Why does Codeweavers work
Jun 10, 2005, 22:13:57
 
> Jeremy White said "The elephant in the ...   Re: Codeweavers works,... but WINE project doesn&#   
Tom Wickline
Jun 11, 2005, 13:52:40
 
Tom Wickline said: It is ridiculous to e ...   some in the WINE project crippling code   
Crippling Code
Jun 12, 2005, 00:54:42
 
> Tom Wickline said: It is ridiculous to ...   Re: some in the WINE project crippling code   
Tom Wickline
Jun 12, 2005, 11:36:23
 
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