> there's been a long series of other API changes in Windows Yes, sometimes native Windows is not the best solution. But wine on Linux is far better than anyth

> there's been a long series of other API changes in Windows Yes, sometimes native Windows is not the best solution. But wine on Linux is far better than anything else - including running native Linux GUI binaries should they be > 10 year old: the rate of change and the introductions of incompatibilities in Linux is far higher. Unless you think Windows in 2063 will not be able to run something like vmware or wine, I think bitwize is perfectly right: win32 binaries are what's the most stable and supported.