[ale] RE: Ale Digest, Vol 5, Issue 83

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>Message: 13
>Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:22:23 -0500
>From: Dow Hurst <dhurst at kennesaw.edu>
>Subject: [ale] Codeweavers: Compatibility Center Announcement
>To: ale <ale at ale.org>
>Message-ID: <400E8B1F.5030206 at kennesaw.edu>
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>I thought I'd pass this on to the list:
>
>Subject: [Discuss] Announcing the CodeWeavers Compatibility 
>and Certification Center
>From: Jeremy Newman <jnewman at codeweavers.com>
>Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:23:37 -0600
>To: discuss at crossover.codeweavers.com
>
>We are very excited to announce that today we are launching 
>a major new initiative for 2004 - the CodeWeavers CrossOver 
>Compatibility Center.
>
>This web based forum is intended to serve as the focal point 
>for all of the work that we do on CrossOver and Wine over 
>the coming years.
>
>It is our belief that Wine is maturing to the point where it
>is possible to make any application work fairly readily. ?We 
>believe that the Compatibility Center will let us bring 
>together the people and tools needed to make Linux a truly 
>Windows compatible environment. ?Further, we have defined a 
>new Desktop Linux Certified program which we believe will 
>allow ISVs to start porting to the Linux platform with 
>confidence and ease.
>
>The Compatibility Center will allow you to:
>
> ? * Learn specific details about the state of CrossOver
> ? ? vis-a-vis your favorite Windows applications.
> ? * Track your applications, and help to see that they
> ? ? are well supported.
> ? * Provide us with direct feedback so that we can best
> ? ? select the most needed applications for support
> ? ? under CrossOver.
>
>The Certification process will allow a Windows ISV to:
>
> ? * Assess their application with regards to CrossOver/Wine
> ? * Determine what steps are required to certify their
> ? ? application for the Linux desktop
> ? * Take simple, cost effective steps to bring their
> ? ? application the rest of the way to Linux
> ? * Deliver their application to their customers in
> ? ? a broadly supported, widely deployed environment
> ? ? that will assure ongoing compatibility with Linux.
>
>By helping ISVs to develop for Linux, we are helping to 
>continue the snowball of adoption of Linux for the desktop.
>
>To see the compatibility center, please visit our web site, 
>at www.codeweavers.com/site/compatibility/
>
>Finally, we do recognize that what we are offering and 
>asking requires a lot of support and interaction with our 
>customers.
>
>All of us at CodeWeavers are deeply appreciative of all the 
>support you have shown in the past, and we are all looking 
>forward to working with you to bring your applications to Linux.
>
>Jeremy Newman <jnewman at codeweavers.com> CodeWeavers, Inc.


--- Sounds good to me! There are some incredible things coming happening. 

Mitch Featherston