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Xref: sserve comp.windows.x.i386unix:8110 comp.os.linux.misc:11514 comp.os.386bsd.apps:1080 Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.apps Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!its.csiro.au!dmssyd.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!agate!boulder!csn!boulder.parcplace.com!imp From: imp@boulder.parcplace.com (Warner Losh) Subject: Re: Wine status March 11, 1994 Message-ID: <CMzqCK.MMC@boulder.parcplace.com> Keywords: Wine Windows NetBSD FreeBSD Linux Sender: news@boulder.parcplace.com Organization: ParcPlace Boulder References: <1994Mar19.154703.30843@amscons.amscons.com> <2mfun0$j4d@universe.digex.net> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 01:19:32 GMT Lines: 18 In article <2mfun0$j4d@universe.digex.net> philp@universe.digex.net (Phil Perucci) writes: >I understand the Win32 API (one of it's incarnations) will be sort of >an industry standard, at least on Microsoft and Unix platforms. The Win32 API is not a standard on Unix. OSF/Motif is the standard API for C programmers on Unix. I don't think that OSF will go quietly into that good night, now that they are the de facto standard API. The marketing hype that you read may happen. But then again, it may not. Warner -- Warner Losh imp@boulder.parcplace.COM ParcPlace Boulder "... but I can't promote you to "Prima Donna" unless you demonstrate a few more serious personality disorders"