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Date:      Mon, 10 May 1999 18:53:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>
To:        grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey)
Cc:        kline@tera.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: WINE
Message-ID:  <199905110153.SAA08622@athena.tera.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990511103439.S22791@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "May 11, 99 10:34:40 am"

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According to Greg Lehey:
> On Monday, 10 May 1999 at 10:28:58 -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> >
> >
> > 	Before I forget this question (again!), let me toss
> > 	it out there to the WINE-savvy.
> >
> > 	If I buy a dictionary on CD, like the OED, I'll have
> > 	a DOS/Win version.  Can I use WINE to turn a DOG
> > 	CD into something I ccan use on my FBSD platform?
> 
> No.  The best you could do with WINE would be to run OED's proprietary
> software.  I don't know if you will be successful, but it's
> conceivable.
> 

	Hm, another thought was to buy the OED and data-mine
	on my wife's PeeCee.  But that might take months.

	Pat Cassidy and I (mostly Patrick) have been working
	away at the monster 1913Websters; upgrading it with
	WordNet.  So that may the better way.

	Too bad Websters or Oxford won't do a Linux port...

	gary



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