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Can WINE Ferment Move to Linux? [Wired]
Jan. 26, 2002

Writing at Wired.com, Michelle Delio makes the point that despite its continuing success as a server operating system, Linux has yet to loosen Microsoft's stranglehold on the desktop -- and the WINE project might help. Delio writes . . .

"Linux's lack of productivity applications and complex user interface has prevented it from becoming a viable Windows alternative for all but the technically inclined."

"But a slowly fermenting open-source project called WINE will soon try to close the gap by enabling Linux users to run Windows apps without having to install Microsoft's cash cow OS . . ."

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