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To: caveat who wrote (9325)	6/14/2000 10:13:00 PM
From: Michael Perrault	Respond to of 9798

>>>I am confused. I thought that Corel was using the native API libraries, not the "translator" approach. Below is an explanation of the two forms of wine. Are you saying that Corel is just using the translator approach?<<< I am not a computer programmer and I cannot speak to the intracasies (sp?) of wine and I was unaware that there were two 'vingages'. I was speaking only as an end user who bought WPO2000-linux and then reported my discovery about it being a Win-port and also describing my experiences at using it. >>>The second channel of Wine development includes libraries that provide the required API functionality that is expected from Windows libraries. The Wine libraries let developers recompile their Windows applications to create native Linux applications from the original code base without having to make major modifications to the code. Once compiled as native Linux applications, the applications can make use of Linux features, such as enhanced performance, compatibility across different processors, and, eventually, increased native user interface integration, which lets the applications use graphic user interface calls to desktops, such as KDE and GNOME."<<<< My only comment is BRAVO! and I hope that Corel can bring WPO-2000-linux to that level.......and, of course, offer a very reasonably priced upgrade to existing users. >>>Also, your experience doesn't jibe with the recent Winmag.com article - see post 9293. Why do you think there is such a big discrepency of experience?<<< Well, I can't speak to that either because I was completely unaware of the article. Also, in reporting my experiences, I don't think that I, in any way, insinuated that this was a common experience or that everyone could expect this experience ---I simply reported my experiences without comment. >>>BTW, what is your position in this stock?<<< I have no position in this stock long or short! I have been watching and studying Corel as a possible investment. I am a one person small business and I use WPO-2000/windows exclusively and I disagree with Rod MacPhersons's assertion that this suite is just a bunch rehashed crap with new pretty faces. - that describes without a doubt........Windows 3.1/95/98 and perhaps Windows 2K. The current WordPerfect, Quattropro, Paradox are not to be passed over - does Microsquish really have a better offering? Marketing does not imply quality; Quality implies quality!! I really hope that Corel succeeds and I will continue to watch it. Michael

To: caveat who wrote (9325)	6/14/2000 10:45:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 9798

Caveat, Excellent link on "Wine". Never really understood it before, and had the same mistaken belief that it was an emulator. However, I'm encouraged that performance issues are not in question, but merely the amount of APIs that are supported. Given that one of the conditions of the MSFT breakup is the full sharing of Windows coding and APIs, I can that the project has promise. Especially since it is an open source endeavor. MSFT will be forced to eventually share the secrets of its Windows O/S, permitting full support of all APIs. Once again, thank you very much. This is encouraging from CORL's perspective and I eventually see them completely migrating WP2000 completely to Linux. Regards, Ron