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Message: <blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 153233" data-attributes="member: 2673">WINE will change that.  By the time it hits 1.0 you will be able to run 85% of all windows software on Linux by using WINE (a Free windows emulation layer)  Already you can run Internet Explorer, some games, and with an extension from CodeWeavers, Office.Office is the real issue - companies can't really switch because so much data is in MS proprietary format and you need WIndows to run office.  If businesses can switch,, people at home will switch so they can use what they are used to from work.  Then the games will come.Actually I consider d20 to be more anagolous to Linux - letting people get to the core mechanics and adapt, create, extend.  A RPG version of MS would be like GURPS if they were evil - start giving away knockoffs of popular games as free downloads, buying up competeing companies, getting retailers into exclusive agreements (if you don't want to pay full retail, you must carry only GURPS in a given store), and releasing a new version every other year with the sole purpose of milking their customers for all they can.</blockquote>