Wine and iexplore.exe

[JD]

On 09/19/2010 03:53 PM, James McKenzie wrote:
>    On 9/18/10 5:54 PM, JD wrote:
>> On 09/18/2010 05:48 PM, James McKenzie wrote:
>>>      On 9/16/10 7:57 PM, JD wrote:
>>>>       executed the command
>>>> wine "/sdb3/home/jd/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Internet
>>>> Explorer/iexplore.exe"
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You know, there is a mailing list and forums for Wine.  You might be
>>> better off asking questions about this program there.
>>>
>>> BTW, this is a known issue with eaWine's Iexplore which is a link to the
>>> GECKO Mozilla engine.
>>>
>>> James McKenzie
>>>
>>>
>> Yeah.. I decided to dump it.  I uninstalled everything "wine".
>> Not worth all the jumping through hoops to make it work right.
> There is this saying, if you want to run Windows, then run Windows.
> VBox and VirtualBox do a good job.  However, we are here to support
> Linux, and if we don't report problems with Linux programs, they don't
> get fixed...
>
> (I know that I'm basically preaching to the choir here, but some folks
> figure that problems will be fixed by magic.)
>
> James McKenzie
>
That's not the issue with me.
If there is something I really need and find problems,
I do indeed submit bugs.
I have so many bugzilla accounts, that I have to keep
my account passwords on an encrypted usb stick.
Wine is just not something I really need. I was only
curious and found it too unprepared for prime time.