[Article] WINE and the importance of application compatibility

[David Gerard]

2009/5/18 Brian Vincent <brian.vincent at gmail.com>:

> Which leads me to my $.02: I wonder if there's a sweet spot for Wine
> adoption somewhere in the middle-tier of the software application popularity
> contest.  For instance, rather than going after Photoshop or Photoshop
> Elements (which is still a noble goal), what about approaching Paintshop Pro
> about their Photo x2 product.  Or, what about approaching the ISV that
> created Home Depot's freeware CD for laying out your home design?
> Specifically, I think there's a lot of proprietary applications without a
> good alternative (think more of the Home Depot or Sysco's "Rio", etc ).  I
> think there's $$$ to be made for someone who can QA apps with Wine, fix
> minor issues, package Wine alongside the app, and finally deliver the
> product to an ISV.  I don't think this is something the Wine community
> itself would be interested in, but I suspect there's someone in the Wine
> community who's capable of pulling it off.  I think there's a lot of angles
> to the idea that could work.


1. Find apps that work pretty much perfectly in Wine.
2. Ask them to declare Wine officially supported.
3. Add them to http://wiki.winehq.org/AppsThatSupportWine
4. Use 3. to add more to 2.


- d.