[halo]

Wonder if the reaction would be the same if Wine was conditional on buying a license to Windows.

[danparsonson]

Wine is not a full reimplementation of Windows, so not an analogous situation.

[TobTobXX]

Well IF Microsoft would also collaborate with Wine...

I think I'd pay for a Windows License if it means I get official support for Windows apps on Linux (provided the support is indeed good).