Title: Ham and Wine go well together Link: http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/03/02/1449240.shtml?tid=130 By: Joe Barr
<snip> Everything I read said "this is what you want." But of course it isn't, because I don't run Windows. It was just about this time that the news about Microsoft blocking users running Wine from downloading updates and tools from their site began to spread. All the sudden I wondered -- if Wine is good enough to have Microsoft blocking it, could it run CwGet? </snip>
All I have to say is "Thank You Microsoft" for the press :-)
Tom
Thanks for the heads-up, Tom; I posted a comment requesting that he add the app to the appdb, and consider becoming a maintainer. :-D
Second time in two days I've posted somewhere about "look at Wine *now*!" issues: just yesterday, someone suggested I report my success with running the Neverwinter Nights Toolset under Wine to *Transgaming*(!!!!), which I had to correct (lol). There seems to be a fair amount of misinformation or outdated information/opinions about Wine in the general user mindset.
The nice thing is, though.... if you read the comments on NF and in the thread on the Players Resource Consortium page where I mentioned running the NWN Toolset under Wine ( http://forums.netgamers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4542 , if you're interested; issue was completely unrelated to Wine, in fact I couldn't have solved it without Wine), there are not a whole bunch of "Wine? We don't need no stinkin' Wine!!" posts like I used to see in the past whenever Wine was mentioned. Heck, it's nice even to see a short article saying "I got an app to work under Wine" on NF, like that's not only "news", but "OK to say".
It hasn't always been. It's starting to look like Wine isn't a dirty word anymore. Which is stupendous to see happening just about the time Wine is getting pretty doggone good :-D .
I suspect we're going to be seeing a lot more of these,"Hey!! WINE actually works!!" articles in the near future. I'm looking forward to it.
Holly
