Re: Migrating VB6 apps to Linux using Wine

> It has been my experience that Tom Shelton has an agenda and advances it
in
> sometimes rather crude language, yet always skillfully indirectly in a
deniable
> fashion. For some reason he pushes .NET and bashes Java, VB6 and anything
that
> looks like it might be .NET competition. When I asked him if he worked for
> Microsoft, did consulting for Microsoft, or worked for a company that
profited
> directly or indirectly from .NET, he didn't answer the question.

Tom certainly does seem to have a vested interest.
I not only wouldn't be surprised, but fully expect, that
Microsoft people - either on assignment or from
quasi-religious fervor - regularly drop by to help "move
the troops along" and perpetuate the myth of "upgrading".


I've started looking into WINE. Interesting stuff.
On the down side, it's still in beta. (The first time I
saw it was in 1999!) It also seems to have all the
typical Linux disadvantages: gigantic bytage,
arcane command lines and tips needed for things
to *actually* work...and more programmers
interested in running games than in serious,
useful software.

On the other hand, it's an intriguing approach.
Apparently the Win32 API has actually been, in large
part, translated to Linux libraries, and there are
places online to get details about installing such
things as IE6!
I've had Mandrake installed for years. I never use
it much but occasionally update the version. :) With the
WINE people offering guidance I think that I'm going
to at least look into this. At this point, running my
software on WINE in 2007 sounds more realistic
(and more palatable) than running it on Vista.

>
> In case anyone's wondering, I don't work for a company that builds
software and
> I don't receive any income from Linux, Java or WINE. I do build VB6
software for
> a financial company, so I indirectly benefit from that, of course.
>
> >to get your VB6 apps to work under a commercial version of wine - such as
> >CrossOver Office by CodeWeavers, but that seems a sub-optimal solution
for
> >migrating applications to Linux...
>
> That said, out of curiousity, I did try to run a very old VB1 or VB2 or
VB3
> calculator utility on the version of WINE supplied by SUSE 9.3, and first
try it
> didn't work - I didn't try to tweak anything, just gave up immediately.
But
> StarCraft, a game I like, does run so I believe it can be done. I haven't
tried
> an application that requires ADO - as Tom Shelton correctly says, it can
> probably be done with CrossOver Office or Cedega.
>
> I could post the source code for the utility, if anyone is interested.
>
> >You would probably have better luck porting your applications to VB.NET
or
> >C# (using pure .NET components - no COM), and then runing them with Mono.
>
> See, this is what I'm talking about, with regards to Tom. No doubt he is a
> skilled programmer and understands software - it's just that, in my
opinion, he
> allows his allegiances to bias his judgement.
>
> Personally, I think WINE is a better way to go long term than relying on
Mono.
> Tom will no doubt voice his opposing opinion vociferously and cuttingly,
very
> shortly, as he is want to do betimes.
> _______________________
> Michael B. Johnson


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