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5 Jul 2024 07:12:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Moray Wine....  
From: Rick [Kitty5]
Date: 31 Jan 2002 07:21:03
Message: <3c5936af$1@news.povray.org>
> : Wine Is Not an Emulator.  But it does let you run Windows binaries
> : under <insert x86 Unix here>.
>
>   I don't understand this stupid "X is not Y" acronym fashion.
>   "Wine Is Not an Emulator, but you can emulate a windows environment with
> it." Aw, come on!

its not an emulator, its more like a windows wrapper

besides, naming your *nix software with some daft acronym is a tradition,
bound to stop if Linux ever attaints general acceptance on the desktop -
normal people like to get an idea of purpose from an apps name


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Rick

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