On 11/11/05, Noah Roberts <roberts.noah@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/11/05, Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 11/11/05, Esben Stien <b0ef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > studio-64 <fsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > > > This seems to be rolling on! > > > > > > They will always roll. This is of no relevance to users of free > > > software systems in this respect. > > > > Please do not be so sure of this. If you are a user of Wine, for > > instance follow the Savihost/VST thread for a reason, and should you, > > for some reason, load that CD while in a program running under Wine, > > then is seems possible that files will get installed. Whether Wine > > would react to these files is a complete guess. Not likely, I think, > > but certainly not impossible, depending on what gets installed. > > Reminds me of the article written which tests the Wine emulation of > Windows by attempting to infect it with viruses. Most just crashed, > some did nothing. Conclusion, Wine is not a true Windows emulator. > ><hehe> Wine stands for 'Wine Is Not and Emulator' so by definition it cannot be a true emulator, right? ;-) However, I agree with your point. I think it unlikely to hurt a Wine install, but who knows? - Mark
