[Tfug] Codeweavers says cheap gas = free software today - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Angus Scott-Fleming angussf at geoapps.com
Tue Oct 28 20:31:57 MST 2008


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Free licenses for Crossover Linux Pro and Crossover Mac Pro TODAY ONLY ...

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Codeweavers says cheap gas = free software today - The Unofficial Apple Weblog 
(TUAW)

    Update 10/28: Welcome, Digg fans. CodeWeavers' site is getting crunched 
    under the massive demand for the free versions of CrossOver, so there is 
    now a minimal site at down.codeweavers.com that will accept your email 
    address; you will be mailed your registration code in the next couple of 
    days.

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    Three months ago, CodeWeavers CEO Jeremy White offered a challenge to 
    another CEO -- the nation's chief executive, George W. Bush. If the 
    president achieved one of White's six "Lame Duck" goals during the 
    twilight of his 2nd term, White would make Windows-API enabler & WINE GUI 
    CrossOver free to customers for one day. Some considered White's proposal 
    a great motivational tool for GWB; others found it smug, partisan and kind 
    of a goofy way to promote the company's products, but in any event none of 
    his six challenges seemed to be on the path to achievement, so that's 
    where the story should have ended. CrossOver is a fine way to run Windows 
    apps on your Mac, but as a force for political change, not so much ...

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More here with links:
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/10/27/codeweavers-says-cheap-gas-free-software-
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