HardlyYakka

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   by HardlyYakka 13y ago

   > no-bullshit explanation Hah! Not really possible, especially considering that the project used to be called windows emulator: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/windows-emulation/wine-faq/ I'd say they've changed the meaning so they can
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   by HardlyYakka 13y ago

   Something like: WINE is a translator that allows Windows programs (those that have an .exe extension) to talk to other Operating Systems. or perhaps: Many people need wine if you want them to work. A windows program on Linux is no exception
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   by HardlyYakka 14y ago

   I think you (and to be fair, a lot of others too) might have skipped most of the article; what you've said basically agrees with the latter half of it- from "The inability to anticipate the utility of Google Fibre is understandable" onwards