[Desktop_architects] Re: Portland: How to fix this situation

[Bryce Harrington]

On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 07:43:23AM -0800, Dan Kegel wrote:
> On 12/11/05, Otto Wyss <otto.wyss at orpatec.ch> wrote:
> > I just want to emphasize Wine should also care for business users since
> > they have an imminent need for a good working Wine. But to attract
> > business you first have to show them that it's possible, it's a
> > classical hen-egg-problem. .... that's the task of OSDL since it will profit from
> > any success in this area, therefore the OSDL should look for at least
> > one person which can work full time on this task.
> 
> I agree with you; IMHO OSDL and/or its members should get involved somehow
> with wine development.  Anyone interested in this please contact me
> and/or Jeremy White offlist.  (I'm just pushing the idea; Jeremy's the
> guy who would
> make it happen given the funding.)

I think finding the funding would be the main issue; as Tim pointed out,
we've not heard emulation as a pressing need from OSDL's current member
companies, so it would seem some alternate source of funding would need
to be identified (maybe sponsorship from large scale users?)

For comparison, drivers are an area where member companies *have*
emphasized as critical, so that's the area where OSDL has been focusing
efforts lately.  (C.f. the OS drivers website.)

(Incedentally, one of OSDL's employees has contributed to Wine - Kees
Cook implemented the crypto API, however that was for a personal
project, not specifically for OSDL.)

Bryce