wine mentioned on the ms-trial
Jens Benecke
Jürgen Schmied <juergen...@metronet.de> schrieb/wrote/ecrivait:
> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/transcripts/jan99/01-28-am.htm
> Q. AND YOU MENTIONED YESTERDAY A PROJECT KNOWN AS "WINE" DURING
> CROSS-EXAMINATION. DO YOU RECALL THAT?
> A. I DO, SIR.
> Q. WHAT IS WINE?
> A. WINE IS YET ANOTHER EFFORT IN THE OPEN-SOFTWARE SPACE. AND A GROUP OF
> PEOPLE ARE COOPERATING THERE TO DEVELOP SOFTWARE THAT WILL ENABLE OUR
> EXISTING WINDOWS APPLICATIONS TO RUN ON LINUX. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WANT
> TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR SOURCE CODE THAT RUNS -- FOR APPLICATIONS
> THAT RUN ON THE WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT, AND WITH EITHER NO OR VERY LITTLE
> MODIFICATION, BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM RUN ON LINUX -- THE LINUX OPERATING
> SYSTEM.
> Q. WHAT EFFECT DO THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'VE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT
> IN TERMS OF THE OPEN-SOURCE MOVEMENT, AND THE WINE PRODUCT, AND SO FORTH
> HAVE ON YOU, MICROSOFT?
> A. WELL, THEY CAUSE US TO REALLY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, INSURE THAT WE
> CONTINUE TO INNOVATE AND OFFER VALUE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. THEY CONSTITUTE
> DIRECT COMPETITION TO WINDOWS, AND UNLESS WE RESPOND TO IT, WE RUN THE
> RISK OF SEEING OUR OPERATING SYSTEM BECOME A COMMODITY.
> .....
> You can find the WINE-FAQ at http://pw1.netcom.com/~dagar/winefaq.txt .
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_ciao, Jens_______________________________ http://www.pinguin.conetix.de
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