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Subject: WINE (WINdows Emulator) Frequently Asked Questions
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Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and
their answers) about Wine, the WINdows Emulator project. This
should be read by anyone wishing to know more about the development
of this programming project, which will allow users to run MS Windows
binary programs under certain Unixes and Unix clones.
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Version: 3.5
Wine Frequently Asked Questions & Answers
v. 3.5 -- October 1995
by P. David Gardner (pdg@primenet.com)
This is the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for the Wine development
project. It contains both general and technical information about Wine:
project status, what it is and what it does, how to obtain and configure
and run it, and more. Please read this FAQ carefully before you post
questions about Wine to Usenet to see if your question is already answered
here first.
NOTE If you are reading this FAQ and it is
October 31, 1995 or later, this document is
is out of date. Please get a new one from one
of the sites mentioned below.
The following answers have changed since the last issue of this FAQ:
2.2 Which MS Windows programs do you expect Wine
to never be able to run at all, and for what
reason(s). Updated with new information about
VxD support.
4.1 Where to get Wine. Updated the links with the
latest version.
7.1 Who is responsible for writing and maintaining
the Wine source code? Updated list of code
contributors.
Please note that since Wine is still alpha code, it may or may not work to
varying degrees on your system. Also note that from release to release,
programs may work and then not work, then work again. Neither the Wine
developers nor the Wine FAQ author/maintainer can be held responsible for
any damage that may be caused to your computer hardware or software by
your obtaining, installing, configuring, operating and/or removing Wine.
If you use ALPHA code, you use it completely at your own risk.
The Wine FAQ is posted monthly to these newsgroups:
comp.emulators.announce
comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce
comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce
comp.os.linux.answers
comp.windows.x.i386unix
comp.answers
news.answers
This FAQ is posted monthly to the following mailing list:
linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
(the alternative to the linux-activist list)
It is also reposted mid-month only to:
comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
The plantext version of this FAQ is also available by anonymous ftp from
the following systems:
ftp.primenet.com
/users/p/pdg/Wine.FAQ
tsx-11.mit.edu
/pub/linux/ALPHA/Wine/Wine.FAQ
rtfm.mit.edu
/pub/usenet-by-group/comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
/WINE_(WINdows_Emulator)_Frequently_Asked_Questions
aris.com
/pub/linux/ALPHA/Wine/Wine.FAQ
sunsite.unc.edu
/pub/Linux/ALPHA/wine/Wine.FAQ
and quite likely most of the other sites around the globe that mirror the
Wine distribution from the Wine project's main distribution site,
tsx-11.mit.edu.
This FAQ is also available on the World Wide Web (WWW), reachable with any
web browser such as Mosaic or Netscape, or the ASCII browser lynx, at the
following URL:
http://www.primenet.com/~pdg/wine-faq.html
and it is also available for ftp at:
ftp.primenet.com
/users/p/pdg/wine-faq.html
If you have any technical questions about Wine, please post these to the
newsgroup comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine. If you have any suggestions for
corrections, changes, expansion or further clarification of this FAQ,
please send them to the Wine FAQ author and maintainer listed in question
7.2.
Here is a list of the topics covered in this issue of the Wine FAQ:
Section 1
Overview
1.1 What is Wine, and what is it supposed to do?
1.2 What does the word Wine stand for?
1.3 What is the current version of Wine?
1.4 When will Wine be ready for general distribution?
Section 2
Program Compatibility
2.1 Which MS Windows programs does Wine currently run?
2.2 Which MS Windows programs do you expect Wine never to
be able to run at all, and for what reason(s)?
2.3 Will MS Windows programs typically run faster or slower
under Unix and Wine than they do under MS-DOS and MS Windows?
Will certain kinds of programs run slower or faster?
2.4 Are there any advantages or disadvantages to running MS Windows
applications under Wine that I should be aware of?
2.5 Will Wine support MS Windows networked applications that use
WINSOCK.DLL?
2.6 I'm a software developer who wants to use Unix to develop
programs rather than MS-DOS, but I need to write MS-DOS and
MS Windows programs as well. Will I be able to run my favorite
MS-DOS and/or MS Windows compilers under Wine?
Section 3
Hardware/Software Considerations
3.1 Under what hardware platform(s) and operating system(s) will
Wine run?
3.2 What minimum CPU must I have on my computer to be able to run
Wine and MS Windows applications smoothly?
3.3 How much disk space will the Wine source code and binaries take
on my hard drive?
3.4 How much RAM do I need to have on my Unix system to be able to
run Wine and MS Windows applications smoothly?
3.5 I have a Doublespaced or Stackered MS-DOS partition. Can Wine
run MS Windows binaries located in such a partition?
3.6 Do I need to have a MS-DOS partition on my system to use Wine?
Does MS Windows need to be loaded into that partition in order
to run MS Windows programs under Wine?
3.7 If Wine completely replaces MS Windows, will it duplicate all
of the functions of MS Windows?
3.8 Will I be able to install MS Windows applications in any Unix
filesystem?
3.9 Will Wine run only under X, or can it run in character mode?
3.10 Will Wine run under any X window manager?
3.11 What happens when Windows '95 is released? Will 32-bit Windows
applications run under Wine?
Section 4
How to Find, Install, Configure and Run Wine
4.1 Where can I get Wine?
4.2 If I do not have an Internet account, how can I get Wine?
4.3 How do I install Wine on my hard drive?
4.4 How do I compile the Wine distribution source code?
4.5 How do I configure Wine to run on my system?
4.6 How do I run an MS Windows program under Wine?
4.7 I have installed and configured Wine, but Wine cannot find
MS Windows on my drive. Where did I go wrong?
4.8 I think I've found a bug. How do I report this bug to the Wine
programming team?
4.9 I was able to get various MS Windows programs to run, but their
menus do not work. What is wrong?
4.10 I have run various MS Windows programs but since the program
menus do not work, how can I exit these programs?
4.11 How do I remove Wine from my computer?
Section 5
How To Get Help
5.1 Is there a Usenet newsgroup for Wine?
5.2 Is there a gopher site set up for Wine?
5.3 Is there a WWW site set up for Wine information?
5.4 Is there a mailing list for Wine?
Section 6
How You Can Help
6.1 How can I help contribute to the Wine project, and in what
way(s)?
6.2 I want to help beta test Wine. How can I do this?
6.3 I have written some code that I would like to submit to the
Wine project. How do I go about doing this?
Section 7
Who is Responsible for Wine?
7.1 Who is responsible for writing and maintaining the Wine
source code?
7.2 Who is responsible for writing and maintaining the Wine FAQ?
7.3 Who are the folks and organizations who have contributed
money or equipment to the Wine project?
And now, the answers to the questions:
Section 1
Overview
1.1 What is Wine, and what is it supposed to do?
Wine is both a program loader and an emulation library that will allow
Unix users to run MS Windows applications on an x86 hardware platform
running under some Unixes. The program loader will load and execute an MS
Windows application binary, while the emulation library will take calls to
MS Windows functions and translate these into calls to Unix/X, so that
equivalent functionality is achieved.
MS Windows binaries will run directly; there will be no need for machine
level emulation of program instructions. Sun has reported better
performance with their version of WABI than is actually achieved under MS
Windows, so theoretically the same result is possible under Wine.
1.2 What does the word Wine stand for?
The word Wine stands for one of two things: WINdows Emulator, or Wine Is
Not an Emulator. Both are right. Use whichever one you like best.
1.3 What is the current version of Wine?
A new version of Wine is distributed about once a month. You will be able
to keep up on all the latest releases by reading the newsgroup
comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine.
When downloading Wine from your ftp site of choice (see question 4.1 for
some of these choices), you can make sure you are getting the latest
version by watching the version numbers in the distribution filename. For
instance, the distribution released on June 20, 1994 was called
Wine-940620.tar.gz.
Weekly patches are also available. If you are current to the previous
version, you can download and apply just the current patch file rather
than the entire new distribution. The patch filenames follow the same
conventions as the weekly distribution, so watch those version numbers!
1.4 When will Wine be ready for general distribution?
Because Wine is being developed solely by volunteers, it is difficult to
predict when it will be ready for general distribution. Between 90-98% of
the functions used by MS Windows applets, and 80-90% of the functions used
by major programs, have been at least partially implemented at this time.
However, the remaining 10% will likely take another 90% of the time, not
including debugging.
Section 2
Program Compatibility
2.1 Which MS Windows programs does wine currently run?
Here is a list of web sites that maintain lists of successes and failures
in attempts to run MS Windows programs under Wine:
http://dutifp.twi.tudelft.nl:8000/wine/
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~dash/wine/working-apps.html
Please keep in mind that since Wine is still a developer's only release,
programs may 'break' and then run again from release to release. But be
assured that at least most of the aplets distributed with MS Windows now
run to a degree of success.
For instance, Solitaire (SOL.EXE) runs just fine now, including menu
selections, as long as you don't try to access the help menu. Windows
colors can vary from system to system, depending on your video card and
monitor, but it's been reported that colors are generally darker under X
and Wine than under native DOS/MS Windows.
Also, a number of public domain and shareware games programs found on the
ftp site ftp.cica.indiana.edu can run under Wine, with varying degrees of
success.
To date, there have been no reports of successful runs of major MS Windows
programs such as Word, WordPerfect, Paradox, and the like. Quicken has
been reported to work from time to time under Wine.
Note that it is now possible, under dosemu, to run MS Windows 3.1 in
standard mode and run major MS Windows software.
Keep an eye on the newsgroup comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine for up-to-date
reports of successes.
2.2 Which MS Windows programs do you expect Wine never to be
able to run at all, and for what reason(s)?
Back when work on Wine was getting started, it was said that any MS
Windows program that requires a special enhanced mode device driver (VxD)
that cannot be rewritten specifically for Wine, will not run under Wine.
While this is quite likely still a true statement for the most part, there
is preliminary VxD support being added to Wine at this time.
2.3 Will MS Windows programs typically run faster or slower under
Unix and Wine than they do under MS-DOS and MS Windows? Will
certain kinds of programs run slower or faster?
Programs should typically run at about the same speed under Wine as they
do under MS Windows.
2.4 Are there any advantages or disadvantages to running MS Windows
applications under wine that I should be aware of?
As with OS/2, you will be running 16-bit MS Windows applications in a
32-bit operating system using emulation techniques, so you will have
similar advantages and disadvantages.
There will be crash protection. That is, each MS Windows application
running under Wine will be running in its own X window and its own portion
of reserved memory, so that if one MS Windows application crashes, it will
not crash the other MS Windows or Unix applications that you may have
running at the same time.
Also, MS Windows programs should run at about the same speed under Wine as
they do under MS Windows. When Wine is finished, you will be able to run
your favorite MS Windows applications in a Unix environment.
However, be aware that any application written for a 16-bit operating
system will run much less efficiently than its 32-bit cousin, so if you
find a 32-bit application that fits your needs, you will be much better
off switching.
2.5 Will Wine support MS Windows networked applications that use
WINSOCK.DLL?
Yes, Wine will support such applications. You will be able to run MS
Windows applications such as Netscape and Mosaic (though there are 32-bit
native Unix versions of these available now).
2.6 I'm a software developer who wants to use Unix to develop
programs rather than MS-DOS, but I need to write MS-DOS and
MS Windows programs as well. Will I be able to run my favorite
MS-DOS and/or MS Windows compilers under Wine?
Wine testers report that DOSEMU, the MS-DOS emulator for Linux, is
starting to support DPMI (DOS Protected Mode Interface). This means that
folks can run MS Windows in standard mode under DOSEMU, and can also run
(with varied degrees of success) Microsoft and Borland C++ compilers.
However, at last report, Wine is cannot run these compilers, nor is it
able to run any MS Windows debuggers, and may not be able to for some
time.
Keep in mind that Wine is being designed to run existing MS Windows
applications. Be aware too that a custom MS Windows program specifically
written to be compatible with Wine may not work the same as when it is run
under MS-DOS and MS Windows.
Section 3
Hardware/Software Considerations
3.1 Under what hardware platform(s) and operating system(s)
will Wine run?
Wine is being developed specifically to run on the Intel x86 class of CPUs
under certain Unixes that run on the x86 platform. Unixes currently being
tested for Wine compatibility include Linux, NetBSD and FreeBSD. The Wine
development team hopes to attract the interest of commercial Unix and Unix
clone vendors as well.
3.2 What minimum CPU must I have in my computer to be able to run
Wine and MS Windows applications smoothly?
Wine is currently being developed specifically for use on Intel x86 CPUs,
and needs a minimum 80386 CPU. It is known to also work in the 80486 and
Pentium CPUs. Beyond that, the basic test is, if you can run X11 now, you
should be able to run Wine and MS Windows applications. As always, the
faster your CPU, the better. Having a math coprocessor is unimportant.
However, having a graphics accelerated video card supported by X will help
greatly.
3.3 How much disk space will the Wine source code and binaries take
on my hard drive?
It is anticipated that when Wine is completed, you will need approximately
6-8 megabytes of hard drive space to store and compile the source code.
3.4 How much RAM do I need to have on my Unix system to be able to
run Wine and MS Windows applications smoothly?
If you can run X smoothly on your Unix system now, you should be able to
run Wine and MS Windows applications just fine too. A Wine workstation
should realistically have at least 8 megabytes of RAM and a 12 megabyte
swap partition. More is better, of course.
3.5 I have a Doublespaced or Stackered MS-DOS partition. Can Wine
run MS Windows binaries located in such a partition?
Only if the operating system supports mounting those types of drives.
Currently, NetBSD and FreeBSD do not. However, there is a patch for the
Linux kernel that allows read-only access to a Doublespaced DOS partition,
and it's available on sunsite.unc.edu as:
sunsite.unc.edu
/pub/Linux/system/Filesystems/thsfs.tgz (12076 bytes)
3.6 Do I need to have a MS-DOS partition on my system to use Wine?
Does MS Windows need to be loaded into that partition in order
to run MS Windows programs under Wine?
You do not need DOS or MS Windows to install, configure and run Wine.
However, Wine has to be able to 'see' an MS Windows binary if it is to run
it. So, currently, you do need to have a DOS partition with MS Windows
installed on your hard drive to use Wine in a practical manner. Your Unix
OS must be able to 'see' this partition (check your /etc/fstab file or
mount the partition manually) in order for Wine to run MS Windows binaries
in your DOS partition.
However, when it is finished, Wine will not require that you have a MS-DOS
partition on your system at all, meaning that you will not need to have MS
Windows installed either. Wine programmers will provide an application
setup program to allow you to install your MS Windows programs straight
from your distribution diskettes into your Unix filesystem, or from within
your Unix filesystem if you ftp an MS Windows program over the Internet.
3.7 If Wine completely replaces MS Windows, will it duplicate all
of the functions of MS Windows?
Most of them, yes. However, some applications and aplets that come with MS
Windows, such as File Manager and Calculator, can be considered by some to
be redundant, since 32-bit Unix programs that duplicate these functions
already exist.
3.8 Will I be able to install MS Windows applications in any Unix
filesystem?
Wine is written to be filesystem independent, so MS Windows applications
will install and run under any filesystem supported by your brand of Unix.
3.9 Will Wine run only under X, or can it run in character mode?
Being a GUI (graphical user interface), MS Windows does not have a
character mode, so there will be no character mode for Wine. So yes, you
must run Wine under X.
3.10 Will Wine run under any X window manager?
Wine is window manager independent, so the X window manager you choose to
run has absolutely no bearing on your ability to run MS Windows programs
under Wine. Wine uses standard X libraries, so no additional ones are
needed.
3.11 What happens when Windows '95 is released? Will 32-bit Windows
applications run under Wine?
Wine developers do eventually plan on supporting Win32s, but such support
is not in the current version of Wine.
Section 4
How to Find, Install, Configure and Run Wine
4.1 Where can I get Wine?
Wine can now be found on quite a few systems throughout the Internet. Here
is an incomplete list of some of the systems where you will find it.
sunsite.unc.edu
/pub/Linux/ALPHA/wine/Wine-951003.tar.gz
tsx-11.mit.edu
/pub/linux/ALPHA/Wine/development/Wine-951003.tar.gz
ftp.infomagic.com
/pub/mirrors/linux/wine/development/Wine-951003.tar.gz
ftp.funet.fi
/pub/OS/Linux/ALPHA/Wine/Wine-951003.tar.gz
aris.com
/pub/linux/ALPHA/Wine/development/Wine-951003.tar.gz
It should also be available from any site that mirrors tsx-11 or sunsite.
Here is what's new with this latest release (Wine-951003):
-- New cursor handling
-- French, Danish and Finnish language support
-- Lots of Winelib improvements
-- Preliminary VxD support
-- Lots of bug fixes
Some of these ftp sites may archive previous versions of Wine as well as
the current one. To determine which is the latest one, look at the
distribution filename, which will take the form:
Wine-[yymmdd].tar.gz
Simply replace [yymmdd] in the distribution filename with the numbers for
year, month and date respectively. The latest one is the one to get.
Diff patches are also available, so you don't have to download, install
and configure the entire distribution each week if you are current to the
previous release. Diff releases follow the same numbering conventions as
do the general releases, and take the form:
Wine-[yymmdd].diff.gz
Diff patches are available from the following sites:
sunsite.unc.edu
/pub/Linux/ALPHA/wine/Wine-951003.diff.gz
tsx-11.mit.edu
/pub/linux/ALPHA/Wine/development/Wine-951003.diff.gz
ftp.infomagic.com
/pub/mirrors/linux/wine/development/Wine-951003.diff.gz
ftp.funet.fi
/pub/OS/Linux/ALPHA/Wine/Wine-951003.diff.gz
Note that any mirror of tsx-11 will likely carry the Wine distribution and
diff files, but may not be listed here in this FAQ. If you are mirroring
the Wine distribution from the tsx-11 site and wish to be listed here in
this FAQ, please send email to the FAQ author/maintainer listed in
question 7.2.
4.2 If I do not have an Internet account, how can I get Wine?
Some CD-ROM archives of Internet sites, notably those from Walnut Creek
that archive ftp.cdrom.com and sunsite.unc.edu, do include some versions
of Wine on their CD releases. However, the age of these distributions
should always be questioned, as the 'snapshot' of the ftp site may have
been taken anywhere from 1-4 months (or more) prior to CD purchase.
Your best bet to get the very latest distribution of Wine, if you do not
have your own Internet account, is to find a friend who does have an
Internet account and have him/her ftp the necessary files for you. If you
have an email account on a BBS that can reach the Internet through a
gateway, you may be able to use email to get the Wine release sent to you;
check with your BBS system operator for details.
If you are running a BBS that is not connected to the Internet but does
offer the Wine distribution for download, and would like to be listed in
this FAQ, please forward such information to the FAQ author/maintainer as
listed in question 7.2.
4.3 How do I install Wine on my hard drive?
Just un-gzip and un-tar the file, and follow the instructions contained in
the README file that will be located in the base Wine directory.
4.4 How do I compile the Wine distribution source code?
4.5 How do I configure Wine to run on my system?
All of the directions to perform these two steps are located in the README
file that will be located in the base Wine directory after you untar the
distribution file.
4.6 How do I run an MS Windows program under Wine?
Assuming you are running X already, call up a term window. Then, at the
shell prompt, type:
wine [/path/progname]
Another X window will pop up on top of the shell window and the binary
should begin to execute.
Let's assume that you want to run MS Windows Solitaire. Under MS-DOS, you
had installed MS Windows on your C: drive under the subdirectory /WINDOWS.
Under Unix, you have mounted the C: drive under /dos/c. To run MS Windows
Solitaire, you would type:
wine /dos/c/windows/sol.exe
4.7 I have installed and configured Wine, but Wine cannot find
MS Windows on my drive. Where did I go wrong?
First, make sure you have mounted your MS-DOS partition into your Unix
filesystem, either by putting the entry into /etc/fstab, or by manually
mounting it. Remember, it must not be located on a Doublespaced or
Stackered partition, as neither Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD or Wine cannot
currently 'see' files located in such compressed DOS partitions.
Next, check your path statements in the 'wine.conf' file. No capital
letters may be used in paths, as they are automatically converted to
lowercase.
4.8 I think I've found a bug. How do I report this bug to the Wine
programming team?
Bug reports should be posted to the newsgroup
comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
4.9 I was able to get various MS Windows programs to run, but
their menus do not work. What is wrong?
Wine is not complete at this time, so the menus may not work. They will in
time as more of the MS Windows API calls are included in Wine.
4.10 I have run various MS Windows programs but since the program
menus do not work, how can I exit these programs?
Kill the shell window that you called up to run your MS Windows program,
and the X window that appeared with the program will be killed too.
4.11 How do I remove Wine from my computer?
All you have to do is to type:
rm -fR [/path/]Wine*
Make sure you specify the exact path when using the powerful 'rm -fR'
command. If you are afraid you might delete something important, or might
otherwise delete other files within your filesystem, change into each Wine
subdirectory singly and delete the files found there manually, one file or
directory at a time. Neither the Wine programmers nor the Wine FAQ
author/maintainer can be held responsible for your deleting any files in
your filesystem.
Section 5
How To Get Help
5.1 Is there a Usenet newsgroup for Wine?
Yes. It's called comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine, and the newsgroup's
charter states that it will consist of announcements and discussion about
Wine. The newsgroup serves as a place for developers to discuss Wine, and
for minor announcements for the general public. Major announcements will
be crossposted to other appropriate groups, such as the newsgroups
comp.os.linux.announce, comp.windows.x.announce and
comp.emulators.announce.
If your Usenet site does not carry this new newsgroup, please urge your
sysadmin and/or uplink to add it.
5.2 Is there a gopher site set up for Wine?
To the best of my knowledge at the time of this writing, no. If you are
installing or maintain a Gopher site pertaining to Wine, please contact
the FAQ author/maintainer as noted in question 7.2 for inclusion in the
next edition of the Wine FAQ.
5.3 Is there a WWW site set up for Wine information?
Here are the URLs for a few sites reachable with your favorite web
browser:
http://www.primenet.com/~pdg/wine-faq.html
http://www.thepoint.com/unix/emulate/wine/index.html
http://daedalus.dra.hmg.gb/gale/wine/wine.html
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~dash/wine/index.html
If you are installing or maintain a WWW page pertaining to Wine, please
inform the FAQ author/maintainer as detailed in 7.2 for inclusion in the
next edition of the Wine FAQ.
5.4 Is there a mailing list for Wine?
There is a seldom-used developers-only mailing list, whose contents are
planned to be ported into comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine. If you are a
Wine developer, or want to become one, you are welcome to join the list.
Please leave a message on the newsgroup comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
expressing your interest.
Those with a general interest in Wine should participate in the newsgroup.
Section 6
How You Can Help
6.1 How can I help contribute to the Wine project, and in what
way(s)?
You can contribute programming skills, or monetary or equipment donations,
to aid the Wine developers in reaching their goal. To find out who, what,
where, when and why, please post your desire to contribute to the
newsgroup comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine.
6.2 I want to help beta test Wine. How can I do this?
Beta testers are currently not needed, as Wine is still Alpha code at this
time. However, anyone is welcome to download the latest version and try it
out at any time.
6.3 I have written some code that I would like to submit to the
Wine project. How do I go about doing this?
Send your weekly code contributions to the mail alias
'wine-new@amscons.com'. You should still verify that your code was
included in the subsequent release of Wine, as project managers cannot
guarantee that the mail server will not suffer some computer failure that
will cause loss of your message and code after it is received.
Section 7
Who is Responsible for Wine
7.1 Who is responsible for writing and maintaining the Wine
source code?
Wine is available thanks to the work of Bob Amstadt, Dag Asheim, Martin
Ayotte, Ross Biro, Erik Bos, Fons Botman, John Brezak, Andrew Bulhak, John
Burton, Paul Falstad, Olaf Flebbe, Peter Galbavy, Ramon Garcia, Hans de
Graaff, Charles M. Hannum, Cameron Heide, Jochen Hoenicke, Jeffrey Hsu,
Miguel de Icaza, Alexandre Julliard, Jon Konrath, Scott A. Laird, Martin
von Loewis, Kenneth MacDonald, Peter MacDonald, William Magro, Marcus
Meissner, Graham Menhennitt, David Metcalfe, Michael Patra, John
Richardson, Johannes Ruscheinski, Thomas Sandford, Constantine
Sapuntzakis, Daniel Schepler, Bernd Schmidt, Yngvi Sigurjonsson, Rick
Sladkey, William Smith, Erik Svendsen, Goran Thyni, Jimmy Tirtawangsa, Jon
Tombs, Linus Torvalds, Gregory Trubetskoy, Michael Veksler, Morten
Welinder, Jan Willamowius, Carl Williams, Karl Guenter Wuensch, Eric
Youngdale, and James Youngman.
7.2 Who is responsible for writing and maintaining the Wine FAQ?
The FAQ is being maintained by <a href="./dave.html">Dave Gardner
<pdg@primenet.com>, who is not connected with the Wine project in any way
but as the FAQ author/maintainer. Please do not send technical questions
about the Wine project to the FAQ maintainer, but rather post them to the
newsgroup.
7.3 Who are the folks and organizations who have contributed money
or equipment to the Wine project?
People and organizations who have given generous contributions of money
and equipment include David L. Harper, Bob Hepple, Mark A. Horton, Kevin
P. Lawton, the Syntropy Institute, and James Woulfe.
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