2009/5/18 Brian Vincent <brian.vinc...@gmail.com>: > Which leads me to my $.02: I wonder if there's a sweet spot for Wine > adoption somewhere in the middle-tier of the software application popularity > contest. For instance, rather than going after Photoshop or Photoshop > Elements (which is still a noble goal), what about approaching Paintshop Pro > about their Photo x2 product. Or, what about approaching the ISV that > created Home Depot's freeware CD for laying out your home design? > Specifically, I think there's a lot of proprietary applications without a > good alternative (think more of the Home Depot or Sysco's "Rio", etc ). I > think there's $$$ to be made for someone who can QA apps with Wine, fix > minor issues, package Wine alongside the app, and finally deliver the > product to an ISV. I don't think this is something the Wine community > itself would be interested in, but I suspect there's someone in the Wine > community who's capable of pulling it off. I think there's a lot of angles > to the idea that could work.
1. Find apps that work pretty much perfectly in Wine. 2. Ask them to declare Wine officially supported. 3. Add them to http://wiki.winehq.org/AppsThatSupportWine 4. Use 3. to add more to 2. - d.