Reply to post: Re: Much as I like and use Linux

Wine pops cork on version 6.0 of the Windows compatibility layer for *nix systems

iancom

Re: Much as I like and use Linux

LIcensing, especially when you get into the really hairy world of running in hypervisor clusters.

If all you need is that one service that was written for Windows on one box on your 64-CPU cluster, running it in a Windows VM suddenly means you need to buy 64 Windows Datacenter licences.

Check the cost on that and then tell me it's not worth using Wine!

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