nhelp, Vector NTI, molecular biologists

Stephan Rose kermos at somrek.net
Thu Sep 6 10:15:40 CDT 2007


On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 06:17 -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
> Misha wrote:
> > and even my version of Windows 98 is bundled with mfc42.dll, so wine really should
> > provide it too...  [our own version, not Microsoft's.]
> 
> Well, sure.  Same goes for a lot of things.  But
> since mfc42.dll is a Visual C++ runtime file that
> has very liberal redistribution terms and is in fact
> bundled with many apps, we can get away without
> it for a long time.   And it's not currently a showstopper
> as far as I can tell; I'm more interested in the bugs that
> keep e.g. Photoshop from running flawlessly.
> 
> So one of these days it might become a priority.
> Until then, it's merely important but not urgent.
> - Dan

I feel for the poor soul that will implement MFC. Using MFC is horrible
enough...but actually *implementing* that?? Good luck! =)

Stephan





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