[CLUE-Talk] The Oxford English Dictionary

[Matt Gushee]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 12:43:20PM -0400, Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> 
> >Alas, it is Windows-only.  No Mac, even.  I am curious if anyone on the 
> >list has this?  Any chance it works with WINE?  It's a long shot, but I 
> >thought I'd ask.
> > 
> >
> Why is it Windows only?  I mean I looked at the thing, it must have some 
> crazy compression to fit all of that on just one CD.  If you can find 
> out what kind of format it is on the CD, maybe there's a simple way to 
> look at it--something that would make you feel comfortable that you 
> didn't need to use WINE?

Hmm ... well, a co-worker of mine had an electronic OED several years
ago, and if I remember right the package included a Windows-based
proprietary viewer. So deciphering the data format might well not be
good enough.

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