Why would Maximum Linux magazine have a Linux apps cd with IE 5?

[Robert N. Eaton]

Rick Rosinski wrote:
> 
> I just baught Maximum Linux magazine, and it came with a CD-ROM devoted to
> everything Linux   -at least that's what it was sold to be.  Everything seems
> Linux on the CD, until I ran into Internet Explorer 5.0.1.  I thought "maybe M$
> finally ported a version of IE to Linux"  But, then I looked into the
> directory, saw the CAB files, and the EXEs.  I read the Readme, and the
> requirements were Windows 95... and Windows NT.  Nothing about Linux.
> 
> Why would they bundle IE, which doesn't run on Linux, with the rest of the CD?
> 
> --
> Rick Rosinski
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> rick@rickrosinski.com
> 
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They explain this heresy on page 46, explaining that one can run it
under Wine.

Bob Eaton