Re: [Sheflug] Corel Linux

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Chris J/#6 wrote:

> Wine; will MS support Corel's continued involvement with it, or will they try 
> and kill it. I'd suggest that its in MS's interest to keep the project going, 
> as it gives MS themselves more of a chance of getting some of their apps to 
> run on the *nix platform. On the other hand, it may be better for MS to try 
> and hinder Wine so that less apps run and more folk have to by the Win OS, 
> but that said people may them seek alternatives for their apps.

They are non-voting shares. They give MS no direct way of influencing
policy. Wine looks like a cornerstone of what COrel is doing right now.
 
> Linux isn't going to suffer from this IMO.

I'll second that. Good for conspiracy theorists though. :)


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