Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:30:21 +0200 (GFT Standard Time) | From | Marko Sepp <> | Subject | Re: If Linux is to succeed |
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At 14:28 23.1.1997 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, > >Sorry for the waste of bandwidth but the subject is >the most important one facing Linux, and it has been >mentioned on the list. > >Linux needs applications to succeed in business. No question >about it. Not the pathetic Applix or buggy WordPerfect. Why is >it that the Windows API has not been ported to Unix? Why not the >Microsoft Foundation classes? Why not ActiveX/OLE/DCOM. >
There's WINE in development stage currently, which is suposed to run Windows 3.1 and at some point Win95 apps. Some 90% of API calls get translated currently.
Marko
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