Re: open source windows

From: dilipkc (chhetri_inside_at_yahoo.co.in)
Date: 09/10/03 

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:44:22 +0000

Grant Edwards wrote:
> In article <3F5DBE66.5040506@yahoo.co.in>, dilipkc wrote:
>
>
>>>As has been pointed out several times in this thread, what you
>>>are asking for is exactly what "wine" does: provide a Windows
>>>API for Linux.
>>
>
>>Not exactly, how will you use Windows device driver with Wine ?
>
>
> The "A" in API stands for "application".
>
> Emulating the Windows API and emulating the windows
> kernel/driver interface are completely different projects.
>
good catch, I surrender. I actually meant to say driver-interface
and API.

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