Wine approaching 1.0

It's been 15 years in the making, and now Wine 1.0 is just around the corner. WineHQ released a list of Wine1.0 tasks that need to be done before it is released. Right down the list bug# 8439, regarding a Visual Studio 2003 installation failure, the same behavoir I experienced with Visual C# 2005 Express Edition. Hopefully, fixing bug# 8439 would also fix the installation failure I experienced with Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, as it is usual that different apps fail due to a certain API or DLL not implemented properly. Unfortunately for me, this app is the only app that keep me going back to Windows, for a variety of reasons I find myself having to program in Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, Mono doesn't cut it, mainly because it uses a different window library (GTK+) than the one used by Visual C#(WinForms).

Another major let down with Wine 1.0, is MS Office 2007, there is no indication of whether it will be able to install and run or not. I myself use OpenOffice.org and has been for quite sometime, but there are plenty of people that find themselves needing MS Office. They are working night and day trying to get 97 - 2003 to work under Wine, but these are old releases and give an image that Wine is falling behind.

I know that this isn't the case and in reality Wine is keeping up with all changes and updates in the Windows API. Then again, maybe someone like me should keep quiet and be thankful that such a project exists and has gone a long way in providing flawless support for Windows apps.