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> If Linux tools used Microsoft utility names, someone would've been sued. In a universe where Wine exists, you think someone would be sued if they released an
by wang_li 10y ago
> If Linux tools used Microsoft utility names, someone would've been sued.
In a universe where Wine exists, you think someone would be sued if they released an app with a default alias mapping dir to ls?
- emilsedgh 10y agoWine implements a set of API's. curl and wget could be considered trademarks.
- sho_hn 10y agowine also ships a regedit.exe, a notepad.exe, ... you can construe this as implementing API (it's usually the motivation) but it gets mushy. PowerShell has a curl also to "implement an interface", however loosely.