I've been using wine for well over a decade and I was not aware of it. I'm not so confident that your characterization here is accurate.

Everyone I know that uses wine just follows some youtube video to get some game working on linux. They don't spend a lot of time learning about the ecosystem.

I'm sure Microsoft was familiar with not only windows on buildings, but also other OSes' use of the term "window" as a GUI element (dating back to Xerox Alto in 1973), and called their 1985 product "Windows" anyway, so there's precedent.

I've known about wine for years and literally only learned that CrossOver exists this morning on HN in the steamdeck thread.

> and CodeWeavers’ usage of it.

To clarify, what do you mean by this? Does CodeWeavers use the term "Wine" somewhere in a product? (I thought that's CrossOver?)

I'm not, but I'm not a terribly advanced Wine user. (Though I'm sure now I'll notice it everywhere. :D)

Maybe I'm the exception (wine user from the very early days).

I'm not enough to know they used "bottles"