Wine for OS X?

[Michael F. March]

Two big issues I see are:

    1. Mac OS X is not x86 based..

    2. Wine would have to run under X Windows
       under OS X.. Making it a native Aqua app
       would be a HUGE undertaking.

> Hi All,
>
> I'm new to this list (and to Wine itself) but was
> wondering, is there a project in the works to port
> Wine to Mac OS X (www.apple.com/macosx)? OS X *is*
> based on FreeBSD (albeit with a bunch of new fluff for
> compatibility & aqua), so a port shouldn't be that
> difficult.
>
> (650,000 lines of code and the guy says it 'shouldn't
> be difficult.')
>
> Personally, I think the eventually payoff would be
> well worth it. You'd get the entire community of
> ecstatic Mac users, drunk with the power of being able
> to run Windows apps directly on their Macs (without
> VPC.)
>
> Just like Linux/Unix, Apple's custom Mach3 kernel (aka
> Darwin) is Open Sourced.
>
> Just curious.
>
>   - Tyler
>     www.creysoft.com
>
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