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   Hello Martin!   
      
   ** 26.05.19 - 11:48, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    AA>> I thought Wine would be a handy "utility" that most linux users would   
    AA>> like to have.   
      
    MF>Maybe/maybe not and from my brief experiences with "Wine", I wouldn't   
    MF>touch it with the proverbial barge pole.   
      
   I don't think I ever heard much negative about Wine.  It performed really     
   well with an MS Office 2007 Suite install on a linux pc I was playing with     
   just a few months ago.  Infact, it worked *too* well! The install was     
   successful and registered OK.  But that little experiment used up one of     
   my volume licenses that I was planning for a better replacement pc.  But I     
   digress..   
      
   In general, I didn't need much use for Wine in the past. I usually found     
   fine native linux apps that were worthy of their Windows counterparts.   
      
      
    AA>> Now, all I need to do is to bolt on a tosser to operate SEM as a true   
    AA>> point.   
      
    MF>I can recommend CrashMail but you already know about that and don't   
    MF>forget you'll need binkD as well.   
      
   Looks like I will have to forgo CrashMail.  It only does .MSG and JAM.   
      
   JAM is not cooperating on my SemPoint (see previous posts about this).   
      
   My journey with WinPoint, Apoint, OXP, and now SemPoint is to find a good     
   "solution" to demonstrate and promote what fidonet messaging is all about,     
   but avoid too many "bolting on" of additional support programs.   
      
   But there a modest trade-off required since almost every practical program     
   worth using today is of a retro-nature (that is, either 16bit, not     
   supported, lacking integrattion with internet transfer, other limitations,     
   etc.)   
      
   It's more like refurbishing an old car with aftermarket parts and make it     
   roadworthy and hopefully practical and still fun to drive.   
      
      
     ../|ug   
      
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