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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by MadDwarf on Fri 1st Oct 2004 14:12 UTC

Do Original software vendors support their applications when run through WINE? if not, then I would have thought production environments are off-limits to WINE and its ilk. IMHO WINE is very good as a stop-gap method for getting something working while looking for a permanent solution, but is not a solution in itself.