Well, the basic difference still is that the Corel version of Wine actually works. I prefer a simple tool that works over a 'more advanced' tool that doesn't... Have fun, Herman Andreas Mohr Usenet 06/01 wrote: > > Herman Oosthuysen <aerosoft@aerospacesoftware.com> wrote: > > Quickbooks runs on Corel Wine. I shoehorned it into a WordPerfect Office > > 2000 installation, byt first installing it on a PC under windoze, then > > copying the whole thing over to the linux box, registry and all. Word > > may work as well, but I don't care to try it. As far as I can see, the > > Corel version of wine is significantly more advanced than the free > > versions. > Wrong. > > Basically, Corel Wine is just very ooold. > But of course it has font server support and a different way of printing > support AFAIK (not necessarily a better one, though, since Wine's PostScript > printer support is almost perfect), which is why it is still worth trying. > Expect it to be really outdated rather soon, though. > > To say that Corel Wine is "significantly more advanced" is just plain wrong. > In fact it's now about 18 months behind the current Wine version. > (it doesn't even have DLL separation, for example !) > > As negative as this may sound, still keep in mind that Corel has done > an awfully impressive amount of Wine support. > It just doesn't show as much any more as it used to. > > -- > Andreas Mohr, Renningen, Germany > In case you need to contact me after expiry of temporary email address: > my real address is (initial of first name).(last name)@mailto.de _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
