Microsoft genuine downloads looking for wine
Sam Lauber
sam124 at operamail.com
Fri Feb 18 10:36:52 CST 2005
Agreed. Can't we just delete
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Software/Wine or move it to another name?
> >> In any case, at least from a technical point of view, going
> >> around such test ought to be fairly simple
> If the mere existence of this key makes the validation fail, what's
> to stop a virus from simply adding this key as a way to stop
> legitimate users from downloading the security fix for that same
> virus? If MS is really doing what we think they may be doing here,
> I don't think they are going to be enjoying it for long. They are
> (what else is new?) shooting themselves in the foot (again?).
They're probably famous for that already ;-).
> > I don't think we want to go there. I demonstrated a way of checking for
> > Wine to Rob last night that we really cannot fix or workaround, and if I
> > can think of it they certainly can too.
> I think I know what way you are thinking of. Not sure someone less
> versed in the way Wine works (it's an emulator, right?) would
> figure that one out, but I guess you are right. I'll try to catch
> you on IRC and see if we are, indeed, talking about the same thing.
>
> > Basically if we start integrating workarounds into Wine, it'll lead to an
> > arms race we cannot possibly win.
> >
> Technically, it will probably cost them more than it will cost us.
> Then again, they also have more resources. I'll just point out that
> I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with MS wishing to
> keep the parts that truly are core Windows for Windows legal
> license users only. The main problem with MS is that what they call
> "core OS" can get quite absurd.
>
> > Better to ensure our users don't need
> > anything from that website.
> Amen to that. So, opengl, dcom, what else do we need? :-)
Write our own replacement. Try OpenGL first. We might
have to clean-room reverse-engineer DCOM.
IMO, the `core' operating system (besides the CD!) is the
main installation disks and service packs. Anything else
is what I call a `program'.
Samuel Lauber
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