Re: [HACKERS] Most Advanced - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Most Advanced
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Msg-id 200002152118.QAA14970@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Most Advanced  (The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>)
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> Actually, I think you might be looking at this wrong ... figure that Corel
> is putting resources into making WINE a viable "engine" to running
> Micro$loth applications ... WINE is open source.  
> 
> Now, which is better/easier?  Re-code Wordperfect Office (one app) to run
> natively, or improve an open source application so that Linux/Unix can run
> any existing Micro$loth product?  Which is cheaper in the long run?
> 
> If they were starting WordPerfect from scratch, okay ... but how many
> hundreds of thousands of lines of Windoze specific code is in
> WP-Office? :)

I have never been very confident about emulation of any form.  Also, if
Corel has Inprise and Corel Linux, you would think it would be worth
making the port to a _real_ operating system.

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