> 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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