Star Linux on desktop will be 'cheaper and more secure', claim vendors
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 1st Oct 2004 00:16 UTC
Linux A senior IT executive at a major pharmaceutical company summed up the challenge for Linux at the ZDNet UK IT Priorities conference when he asked one simple question: what are the benefits in migrating from Microsoft to Linux at the desktop?
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Re: Lotus Notes Under WINE
by Jay on Fri 1st Oct 2004 12:10 UTC

Not at all FUD.
Who wants to run anything "via" something in a production enviro? Nobody. Lotus isn't a hot ticket less java, can't wait for it to get more hosed so it will run everywhere.

I don't think anybody sees WINE as an end-all solution. That's not what it's meant to be. However, it does provide a way for people to migrate from Windows who have invested thousands or millions in their programs. So then they will have the choice to a) keep it how it is or b) port it to a native application over time.