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by **David E. Vandewall** » Mon, 24 Nov 1997 04:00:00

> I am gonna try Linux.

> I think 90 percent of the apps I need
> will be available native.

> However.. there may be a few.... such as
> good PIM's such as Sidekick that may
> NOT.

> Is emulation better for DOS apps under
> Linux... or Win 95 apps?

At this point I would say that dosemu will run more apps than wine.
From what I understand, however, that gap is being rapidly closed.

DV

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by **Uwe Bonne** » Tue, 25 Nov 1997 04:00:00

:>
:> I am gonna try Linux.
:>
:> I think 90 percent of the apps I need
:> will be available native.
:>
:> However.. there may be a few.... such as
:> good PIM's such as Sidekick that may
:> NOT.
:>
:> Is emulation better for DOS apps under
:> Linux... or Win 95 apps?

: At this point I would say that dosemu will run more apps than wine.
: From what I understand, however, that gap is being rapidly closed.

The targets are different...

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by **Mark A. Davi** » Tue, 25 Nov 1997 04:00:00

> :>
> :> I am gonna try Linux.
> :>
> :> I think 90 percent of the apps I need
> :> will be available native.
> :>
> :> However.. there may be a few.... such as
> :> good PIM's such as Sidekick that may
> :> NOT.
> :>
> :> Is emulation better for DOS apps under
> :> Linux... or Win 95 apps?

> : At this point I would say that dosemu will run more apps than wine.
> : From what I understand, however, that gap is being rapidly closed.

Unfortunately, by the time WINE is no longer Beta, it will be hopelessly
obsolete. It is hard to find 3.0/3.11 apps now, everything is 95.

by **Uwe Bonne** » Tue, 25 Nov 1997 04:00:00

: Unfortunately, by the time WINE is no longer Beta, it will be hopelessly
: obsolete. It is hard to find 3.0/3.11 apps now, everything is 95.

Wine can run Win32 targets too...

No general problem with Win32.

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by **David E. Vandewall** » Tue, 25 Nov 1997 04:00:00

> > :>
> > :> I am gonna try Linux.
> > :>
> > :> I think 90 percent of the apps I need
> > :> will be available native.
> > :>
> > :> However.. there may be a few.... such as
> > :> good PIM's such as Sidekick that may
> > :> NOT.
> > :>
> > :> Is emulation better for DOS apps under
> > :> Linux... or Win 95 apps?

> > : At this point I would say that dosemu will run more apps than wine.
> > : From what I understand, however, that gap is being rapidly closed.

> Unfortunately, by the time WINE is no longer Beta, it will be hopelessly
> obsolete. It is hard to find 3.0/3.11 apps now, everything is 95.

wine will already run some win32 stuff. in any case, just because it won't
run the latest greatest bloatware from ms doesn't mean that it is obsolete.
The user base for win3.1 stuff is still far larger than the win32 user base.
At least in the financial community (where I work).

DV

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by **Chris Co** » Wed, 26 Nov 1997 04:00:00

> Unfortunately, by the time WINE is no longer Beta, it will be hopelessly
> obsolete. It is hard to find 3.0/3.11 apps now, everything is 95.

You need to keep closer tabs on the wine project. More and more
Win95/NT programs are starting to work.

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by **William Safle** » Wed, 26 Nov 1997 04:00:00

> wine will already run some win32 stuff. in any case, just because it won't
> run the latest greatest bloatware from ms doesn't mean that it is obsolete.
> The user base for win3.1 stuff is still far larger than the win32 user base.
> At least in the financial community (where I work).

And most of the 3.1 stuff is perfectly useable and fills a gap that
exists in the software available for linux.

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