http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2005/03/28/the-wonders-of-non-emulation "The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement." Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:55:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2005/03/28/the-wonders-of-non-emulation#comment-4180 Paul Hawkins Fri, 09 Sep 2005 20:23:18 +0000 http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2005/03/28/the-wonders-of-non-emulation#comment-4180 ...in the last month or so, Mickey$oft has been enforcing validation of Windows installations for authenticity. Now, you cannot even download something as mundane as the newest installer 3.1. You can still bybass this, in some cases, by going to msdn.microsoft.com and downloading updates intended for developers. But sometimes, you can not. I have a feeling this will also be eliminated, forcing you to be Linux-Only or else... …in the last month or so, Mickey$oft has been enforcing validation of Windows installations for authenticity. Now, you cannot even download something as mundane as the newest installer 3.1. You can still bybass this, in some cases, by going to msdn.microsoft.com and downloading updates intended for developers. But sometimes, you can not. I have a feeling this will also be eliminated, forcing you to be Linux-Only or else…

]]> http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2005/03/28/the-wonders-of-non-emulation#comment-4179 Paul Hawkins Fri, 09 Sep 2005 20:17:10 +0000 http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2005/03/28/the-wonders-of-non-emulation#comment-4179 Would you be willing to make your .wine backup available in the event Mickey$oft shuts down the free downloading because of licensing issues ? Which would, of course, render WineTools literally useless. Would you be willing to make your .wine backup available in the event Mickey$oft shuts down the free downloading because of licensing issues ? Which would, of course, render WineTools literally useless.

]]> http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2005/03/28/the-wonders-of-non-emulation#comment-3780 Zef Hemel Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:50:33 +0000 http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2005/03/28/the-wonders-of-non-emulation#comment-3780 Hmm, for the couple of sites that don't work under Firefox yet? But that's an after-thought. The real reason is that IE6 comes with a lot of DLLs that I need to run other programmes. Hmm, for the couple of sites that don’t work under Firefox yet? But that’s an after-thought. The real reason is that IE6 comes with a lot of DLLs that I need to run other programmes.

]]> http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2005/03/28/the-wonders-of-non-emulation#comment-3779 Sander de Jong Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:34:32 +0000 http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2005/03/28/the-wonders-of-non-emulation#comment-3779 Very nice :) but why the hell would you want to install Internet Exploder? :P Very nice but why the hell would you want to install Internet Exploder?

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