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Re:Wine 2.0 released by teach on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @04:32PM (#13475727)
VMWare is an emulator. Wine is not an emulator.
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Re:Wine 2.0 released by bigbugbag on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @05:33PM (#13476395)
Isn't vmware virtualization ? despite it's tongue in cheek retro-acronymic name, wine is indeed an emulator.

https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#Is_Wine_an_emulator.3F_There_see...

Also before it changed its name for the current retro acronym WINE used to mean WINdows Emulator: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/windows-emulation/wine-faq/

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Re:Wine 2.0 released by teach on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @10:41PM (#13478267)
You're right that VMWare is more properly virtualization.

However, Wine is not an emulator in any way like the way that word is used in technology.

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Re:Wine 2.0 released by avisser on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @05:26PM (#13476331)
To be pedantic, VMWare is a virtual machine. It sure as hell doesn't emulate your x86 CPU.
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Re:Wine 2.0 released by wtallis on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @12:05AM (#13478703)
VMWare has historically used emulation for kernel/privileged code when the host CPU doesn't allow for direct virtualization. VMWare also emulates peripheral hardware. Wine doesn't emulate any hardware.
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