Fwd: Re:SpecOpS Labs

[Tim Hentenaar]

I sent an inquiry and got the exact same response (twice), i believe it's a scripted response system. (In my case, it was "Good Evening, Mr. Hentenaar").

The claims they make about wine are just hillarious. :P  I don't think they've ever even looked at the wine code, or else they'd know that thier claims are unfounded. :P

Tim


On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:59:34 +0200
"Ivan Leo Murray-Smith" <puoti at inwind.it> wrote:

> I asked project davied if they know what use of LGPL code involves, and if
> the're using wine code, I got the following answer. The impression I have is
> that they are using major parts of wine. They claim they will fully comply with
> the LGPL. Here is the full email they sent me.
> 
> > Good Evening Mr. Smith
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks for your email; We appreciate your taking the time to delve into
> > Project David. We feel certain that the closer that you look at the project
> > the more comfortable you will be with it.
> > 
> > Our overall purpose of the project is to encourage consumers to use Linux.
> > Our David Linux/Win Bridge software is simply a product to facilitate the
> > transition to Linux.  Our Linux/Win Bridge software is one of multiple
> > components, which comprise our OS platform.  In the future we will release
> > another component, which is a set of tools that will encourage developers to
> > write native Linux applications.
> > 
> > The David software is a joint development effort between De La Salle
> > University and SpecOpS Labs.  Our Chief Technical Officer is Mr. Peter
> > Valdez. As you may know Mr. Valdez is the founder of Tivoli Systems, which
> > is now a multi billion-dollar flagship product of IBM.
> > 
> > The code for our Windows/Linux Bridge is a hybrid of code, including our own
> > proprietary code, and code from several open source projects.  For now we
> > are keeping the exact nature of our code under wraps until our first release
> > of David. We are not using pirated or stolen code from Microsoft or any
> > other source. As stated we are not disclosing the nature of our code or our
> > exact methodology for running Windows Apps on Linux, this is for competitive
> > and other reasons. However, a good deal of our success is attributed to our
> > innovative methodology in assembling together open source code, proprietary
> > code that we have written/purchased, and freeware. In the future, once we
> > disclose how we have done this, then I’m sure a number of developers will be
> > kicking themselves in the rear end for not having thought of this
> > themselves.
> > 
> > We do encourage the open source movement and we will comply with the GNU
> > LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
> > 
> > Our website is currently under construction, the data (*especially the
> > technical data) on the website for the most part is not current and in some
> > cases is up to 20+ months old.  We are now in the process of doing a major
> > overhaul of the site, which we expect to be completed in a few weeks.  *The
> > technical data on our web site concerning David, is outdated and in some
> > cases a competitive smoke screen. We appreciate your comments on the WINE
> > Project and we have no intention of misrepresenting the WINE.  Therefore, we
> > are now consulting our English-technical writers and the Filipino -
> > designers/developers of David to ensure that there are no mistakes in the
> > translation.  Until we can update the website we have disabled the links to
> > both our technical and competitive data.  Hopefully, the development
> > community won’t get wrapped around the axle about David, and will withhold
> > judgment until David is released.
> > 
> > So far as our product goes we just completed our prototype, which has been
> > in the making for quite some time.  Our first release will be issued before
> > the end of 2004; we expect to start Beta Testing in about 4-5 months.  On 22
> > April we held a press conference at De La Salle University. During the press
> > conference we demonstrated our prototype to more than 30 members of the
> > local and international media.  During the demo we ran Macromedia Flash, and
> > MS Office on our Windows/Linux Bridge without a hitch.  What you read in the
> > media was primarily the result of the press conference/demo.  David is not a
> > hoax or vaporware, but we're not going to make any further claims about
> > David at this point, We prefer to let our software do our talking for us.
> > 
> > 
> > FYI: We are now a publicly traded company, our ticker symbol is SPLMF, you
> > can view it on any major financial website such as Merrill Lynch:
> > http://askmerrill.ml.com/markets_chart/1,2260,,00.html?q=SPLMF
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Customer Service
> > SpecOpS Labs
> > Summit One Office Tower
> > Unit 23-H, 530 Shaw Blvd
> > Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines
> > 
> > Office 63 2 532-7854
> > Fax    63 2 532-5875
> > 
> 
> 
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