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Why Wine is so important

- -A lot of people in popular discussion forums keep thinking that Wine is -"the last thing that Linux needs" or that it is "not important".
-We are listing some info here that is supposed to thoroughly defeat these -and other claims.
-

-Five key points: -

- -

- - -

Supply diversification

- -Diversifying your supply is universally considered to be an important -aspect of risk management. -

-Yet, The US Department of Justice has "found" -that Microsoft Windows is run by more than 95% of personal -computers. -Even taking Apple's Mac OS into account, Microsoft Windows is still -present -on more than 80% of computers, and this is likely also true in most other -countries, -not just in the US. Thus governments, companies and home users all over -the -world ultimately depend on a single provider: Microsoft. -

-The question is not whether Microsoft has evil intents, or whether it -may go out of business, but whether its plans match yours. A company may -want to deploy thin clients to simplify administration and save money on -per-client Windows licenses. But is Microsoft going to make it viable -and undercut its Windows market? Where is the alternative if Microsoft -implements its software subscription model? If Microsoft is not -interested in catering to your market, then you have no other provider -to turn to. - - -

Large homogeneous populations are a risk to society

-

-Another aspect is that such large homogeneous populations are dangerous -to society. The Irish learnt this the hard way when their potato crop -was destroyed by a fungus, causing the 1845 "Potato -Famine" and killing more than a million people (about 10% of the -population). In a large homogeneous population, all individuals share -the same vulnerabilities. Find one vulnerability and you can annihilate -the whole population. Since then, we, as a society, have learnt our -lesson. Or have we? -

-As mentioned above, Microsoft Windows is run on an overwhelming -proportion of personal computers. Even taking into account the -variations between different versions of Windows, mostly between Windows -9x and the Windows NT family, this represents a large homogeneous -population. One on which most governments, most businesses, and many -households depend on. -

-The elements of this population, like all other complex systems, are not -miraculously exempt from vulnerabilities. The Code Red epidemic of the -summer of 2001 is there to remind us of that. Code Red did what any -"virus" presented with a large homogeneous population would do: it -infected more than 359.000 -computers in just the first day. -Fortunately, it infected a less common member of the Windows family -and was quite harmless: it did not randomly corrupt files -or format your hard-drive. [1], [2] -

-It is only a matter of time before a more virulent worm -appears. The -only way to decrease its impact is to diversify the OS population. This -issue is now considered serious enough that security analysts are calling -our reliance on Microsoft Windows a -threat to national security. -

-Because it is an alternate implementation of the Win32 API and runs on -top of a completely different OS, Wine does not have the same flaws and -thus can provide this needed diversity. - - -

Any Windows replacement must run Windows applications

- -The dependency is not so much on Microsoft Windows as it is on -Windows applications. Boxed off-the-shelf applications, games, in-house -applications, vertical market applications, are what prevents users, -companies and governments from switching to another operating system. -Even if 90% of the needs of most users are taken care of if you can -provide them with an office suite, an email client, a browser, and a -media player, then there will still be a remaining 10% of their needs, -potentially critical needs, that are not met. Unfortunately these remaining 10% are spread -across a wide spectrum of applications: thousands of applications -running the gamut from games to specialized accounting software for -French farms, via Italian encyclopedias, German tax software, child -education software, banking software, in-house software representing -years of development, etc. It is the availability of all this software -that makes Windows so compelling and its monopoly so strong. No -platform will become mainstream unless it runs a significant portion of -that software and lets individuals, companies and governments preserve -their investments in that software. - - -

Chicken-and-egg problem for Linux on the desktop

- -This brings us to the chicken and egg issue of Linux on the desktop. -Until Linux can provide equivalents for the above applications, its -market share on the desktop will stagnate. But until the market share of -Linux on the desktop rises, no vendor will develop applications for -Linux. How does one break this vicious circle? -

-Again, Wine can provide an answer. By letting users reuse the Windows -applications they have invested time and money in, Wine dramatically -lowers the barrier that prevents users from switching to Linux. This -then makes it possible for Linux to take off on the desktop, which -increases its market share in that segment. In turn, this makes it viable -for companies to produce Linux versions of their applications, and for -new products to come out just for the Linux market. -

-This reasoning could be dismissed easily if Wine was only capable of running -Solitaire. However now it can run Microsoft -Office, multi-media applications such as QuickTime -and Windows -Media Player, and even games such as Max Payne or -Spore.
-Almost any other complex application can be made to run well given a bit of -time. -And each time that work is done to add one application to this list, many -other applications benefit from this work and become usable too.
-Have a look at our Application Database to get an idea on what can be run under Wine. - - -

Wine benefits

- -Last but not least, Wine can provide benefits over Windows right now: - - -
- - - - - -
- Previous: Wine's History - - Debunking Wine Myths :Next -
- - - -

 

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Pourquoi Wine est-il si important ?

- -A lot of people in popular discussion forums keep thinking that Wine is -"the last thing that Linux needs" or that it is "not important".
-We are listing some info here that is supposed to thoroughly defeat these -and other claims.
-

-Five key points: -

- -

- - -

Supply diversification

- -Diversifying your supply is universally considered to be an important -aspect of risk management. -

-Yet, The US Department of Justice has "found" -that Microsoft Windows is run by more than 95% of personal -computers. -Even taking Apple's Mac OS into account, Microsoft Windows is still -present -on more than 80% of computers, and this is likely also true in most other -countries, -not just in the US. Thus governments, companies and home users all over -the -world ultimately depend on a single provider: Microsoft. -

-The question is not whether Microsoft has evil intents, or whether it -may go out of business, but whether its plans match yours. A company may -want to deploy thin clients to simplify administration and save money on -per-client Windows licenses. But is Microsoft going to make it viable -and undercut its Windows market? Where is the alternative if Microsoft -implements its software subscription model? If Microsoft is not -interested in catering to your market, then you have no other provider -to turn to. - - -

Large homogeneous populations are a risk to society

-

-Another aspect is that such large homogeneous populations are dangerous -to society. The irish learnt this the hard way when their potato crop -was destroyed by a fungus, causing the 1845 "Potato -Famine" and killing more than a million people (about 10% of the -population). In a large homogeneous population, all individuals share -the same vulnerabilities. Find one vulnerability and you can annihilate -the whole population. Since then, we, as a society, have learnt our -lesson. Or have we? -

-As mentioned above, Microsoft Windows is run on an overwhelming -proportion of personal computers. Even taking into account the -variations between different versions of Windows, mostly between Windows -9x and the Windows NT family, this represents a large homogeneous -population. One on which most governments, most businesses, and many -households depend on. -

-The elements of this population, like all other complex systems, are not -miraculously exempt from vulnerabilities. The Code Red epidemic of the -summer of 2001 is there to remind us of that. Code Red did what any -"virus" presented with a large homogeneous population would do: it -infected more than 359.000 -computers in just the first day. -Fortunately, it infected a less common member of the Windows family -and was quite harmless: it did not randomly corrupt files -or format your hard-drive. [1], [2] -

-It is only a matter of time before a more virulent worm -appears. The -only way to decrease its impact is to diversify the OS population. This -issue is now considered serious enough that security analysts are calling -our reliance on Microsoft Windows a -threat to national security. -

-Because it is an alternate implementation of the Win32 API and runs on -top of a completely different OS, Wine does not have the same flaws and -thus can provide this needed diversity. - - -

Any Windows replacement must run Windows applications

- -The dependency is not so much on Microsoft Windows as it is on -Windows applications. Boxed off-the-shelf applications, games, in-house -applications, vertical market applications, are what prevents users, -companies and governments from switching to another operating system. -Even if 90% of the needs of most users are taken care of if you can -provide them with an office suite, an email client, a browser, and a -media player, then there will still be a remaining 10% of their needs, -potentially critical needs, that are not met. Unfortunately these remaining 10% are spread -across a wide spectrum of applications: thousands of applications -running the gamut from games to specialized accounting software for -French farms, via Italian encyclopedias, German tax software, child -education software, banking software, in-house software representing -years of development, etc. It is the availability of all this software -that makes Windows so compelling and its monopoly so strong. No -platform will become mainstream unless it runs a significant portion of -that software and lets individuals, companies and governments preserve -their investments in that software. - - -

Chicken-and-egg problem for Linux on the desktop

- -This brings us to the chicken and egg issue of Linux on the desktop. -Until Linux can provide equivalents for the above applications, its -marketshare on the desktop will stagnate. But until the marketshare of -Linux on the desktop rises, no vendor will develop applications for -Linux. How does one break this vicious circle? -

-Again, Wine can provide an answer. By letting users reuse the Windows -applications they have invested time and money in, Wine dramatically -lowers the barrier that prevents users from switching to Linux. This -then makes it possible for Linux to take off on the desktop, which -increases its market share in that segment. In turn, this makes it viable -for companies to produce Linux versions of their applications, and for -new products to come out just for the Linux market. -

-This reasoning could be dismissed easily if Wine was only capable of running -Solitaire. However now it can run Microsoft -Office, multi-media applications such as QuickTime -and Windows -Media Player, and even games such as Max Payne or -Spore.
-Almost any other complex application can be made to run well given a bit of -time. -And each time that work is done to add one application to this list, many -other applications benefit from this work and become usable too.
-Have a look at our Application Database to get an idea on what can be run under Wine. - - -

Wine benefits

- -Last but not least, Wine can provide benefits over Windows right now: - - -
- - - - - -
- Previous: Wine's History - - Debunking Wine Myths :Next -
- - - -

 

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Why Wine is so important

- -A lot of people in popular discussion forums keep thinking that Wine is -"the last thing that Linux needs" or that it is "not important".
-We are listing some info here that is supposed to thoroughly defeat these -and other claims.
-

-Five key points: -

- -

- - -

Supply diversification

- -Diversifying your supply is universally considered to be an important -aspect of risk management. -

-Yet, The US Department of Justice has "found" -that Microsoft Windows is run by more than 95% of personal -computers. -Even taking Apple's Mac OS into account, Microsoft Windows is still -present -on more than 80% of computers, and this is likely also true in most other -countries, -not just in the US. Thus governments, companies and home users all over -the -world ultimately depend on a single provider: Microsoft. -

-The question is not whether Microsoft has evil intents, or whether it -may go out of business, but whether its plans match yours. A company may -want to deploy thin clients to simplify administration and save money on -per-client Windows licenses. But is Microsoft going to make it viable -and undercut its Windows market? Where is the alternative if Microsoft -implements its software subscription model? If Microsoft is not -interested in catering to your market, then you have no other provider -to turn to. - - -

Large homogeneous populations are a risk to society

-

-Another aspect is that such large homogeneous populations are dangerous -to society. The irish learnt this the hard way when their potato crop -was destroyed by a fungus, causing the 1845 "Potato -Famine" and killing more than a million people (about 10% of the -population). In a large homogeneous population, all individuals share -the same vulnerabilities. Find one vulnerability and you can annihilate -the whole population. Since then, we, as a society, have learnt our -lesson. Or have we? -

-As mentioned above, Microsoft Windows is run on an overwhelming -proportion of personal computers. Even taking into account the -variations between different versions of Windows, mostly between Windows -9x and the Windows NT family, this represents a large homogeneous -population. One on which most governments, most businesses, and many -households depend on. -

-The elements of this population, like all other complex systems, are not -miraculously exempt from vulnerabilities. The Code Red epidemic of the -summer of 2001 is there to remind us of that. Code Red did what any -"virus" presented with a large homogeneous population would do: it -infected more than 359.000 -computers in just the first day. -Fortunately, it infected a less common member of the Windows family -and was quite harmless: it did not randomly corrupt files -or format your hard-drive. [1], [2] -

-It is only a matter of time before a more virulent worm -appears. The -only way to decrease its impact is to diversify the OS population. This -issue is now considered serious enough that security analysts are calling -our reliance on Microsoft Windows a -threat to national security. -

-Because it is an alternate implementation of the Win32 API and runs on -top of a completely different OS, Wine does not have the same flaws and -thus can provide this needed diversity. - - -

Any Windows replacement must run Windows applications

- -The dependency is not so much on Microsoft Windows as it is on -Windows applications. Boxed off-the-shelf applications, games, in-house -applications, vertical market applications, are what prevents users, -companies and governments from switching to another operating system. -Even if 90% of the needs of most users are taken care of if you can -provide them with an office suite, an email client, a browser, and a -media player, then there will still be a remaining 10% of their needs, -potentially critical needs, that are not met. Unfortunately these remaining 10% are spread -across a wide spectrum of applications: thousands of applications -running the gamut from games to specialized accounting software for -French farms, via Italian encyclopedias, German tax software, child -education software, banking software, in-house software representing -years of development, etc. It is the availability of all this software -that makes Windows so compelling and its monopoly so strong. No -platform will become mainstream unless it runs a significant portion of -that software and lets individuals, companies and governments preserve -their investments in that software. - - -

Chicken-and-egg problem for Linux on the desktop

- -This brings us to the chicken and egg issue of Linux on the desktop. -Until Linux can provide equivalents for the above applications, its -marketshare on the desktop will stagnate. But until the marketshare of -Linux on the desktop rises, no vendor will develop applications for -Linux. How does one break this vicious circle? -

-Again, Wine can provide an answer. By letting users reuse the Windows -applications they have invested time and money in, Wine dramatically -lowers the barrier that prevents users from switching to Linux. This -then makes it possible for Linux to take off on the desktop, which -increases its market share in that segment. In turn, this makes it viable -for companies to produce Linux versions of their applications, and for -new products to come out just for the Linux market. -

-This reasoning could be dismissed easily if Wine was only capable of running -Solitaire. However now it can run Microsoft -Office, multi-media applications such as QuickTime -and Windows -Media Player, and even games such as Max Payne or -Spore.
-Almost any other complex application can be made to run well given a bit of -time. -And each time that work is done to add one application to this list, many -other applications benefit from this work and become usable too.
-Have a look at our Application Database to get an idea on what can be run under Wine. - - -

Wine benefits

- -Last but not least, Wine can provide benefits over Windows right now: - - -
- - - - - -
- Previous: Wine's History - - Debunking Wine Myths :Next -
- - - -

 

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