CodeWeavers to Offer CrossOver For Free On Tuesday

by Lisa Hoover - Oct. 27, 2008Comments (9)

You might recall that several weeks ago Jeremy White, president and CEO of CodeWeavers, promised to had out free licenses for the popular commercial version of Wine if at least one of a handful of (seemingly) unlikely economic goals CodeWeavers set were met before President George. W. Bush left the White House.

Surprisingly, one of those goals has been met. Gas prices have dropped below $2.79 a gallon in the Twin Cities and that means free software for everyone tomorrow at CodeWeavers.

White says he "underestimated" Bush. "How was I to know that President Bush would take my challenge so seriously? And, give the man credit, I didn't think there was any way he could pull it off. But engineering a total market meltdown -- wow -- that was pure genius."

In White's typical humorous fashion, he issued a statement today saying, "That morning, I was filling my tank at Big Steve's Gas Palace in St. Paul. I had just finished my morning corn dog and 64-ounce Dr. Pepper when I looked at the pump and noticed gas was at $2.79. I screamed ‘Woohoo,' then I yelled ‘Oh, crap!' as I realized every American can now have my software for free. Kind of upsets my fourth quarter revenue projections..."

Visitors to the CodeWeaver site tomorrow will receive a promotional code entitling them to one free copy of CrossOver and will include complete support.

Apparently a glutton for punishment, CodeWeavers will provide free software each time President Bush meets another goal. Remaining goals include returning the stock market to it's 2008 level, lower the price of a gallon of milk, and improve the median home price.

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by an anonymous user on Oct. 27, 2008

I love it! And hopefully we DO NOT really believe that Bush is smart enough to engineer a financial market meltdown. Now Cheney - that's a different story...He would sell his mom (or shoot his friend in the face) if it was required to win a bet/prove a point...

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by an anonymous user on Oct. 27, 2008

Sorry to burst your bubble but don't worry about your fourth quarter projections. Once Apple realizes that no one can afford their products, you'll soon realize that no one needs your products...

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by D J on Oct. 28, 2008

When did this become a political forum? You need to head to Digg for that ;)

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by Rev Egg Plant on Oct. 28, 2008

Any chance we could get a 64-bit build, eh? Maybe some source code to build a port?

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by Sum Yung Gai on Oct. 28, 2008

Oh, come on, just enjoy the software and use it. Crossover Office is actually pretty good.

And as for the source code for a 64-bit port, that's already available. It's called WINE. :-)

Thanks, CodeWeavers, for your generosity.

-SYG

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by an anonymous user on Oct. 28, 2008

"just who exactly has been in control of Congress recently? Oh yeah... liberal democrats."

-- this has been a long time coming really (you can at least look back as far as the 1976 election), thru either action or in-action neither party can claim any clean hands in the current mess... its simply America dying.... sad that Zerias thinks that squabbling (and possibly a geriatric with a retarded sidekick) will get you out of your mess

Thanks for the software!! If Bush meats _all_ those targets how about you go Open Source? ;P

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by Geroge Whiner on Oct. 28, 2008

Sounds like Codeweavers switched from using "wine" to just "WHINE" CEO's should keep their personal political views out of their business models...you just lost a customer...great sales pitch Jeremy!

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by George Nicol on Oct. 28, 2008

Thank you! Good as your word is an uncommon trait. I'll use the gift to further Linux evangelism (this will be a huge help) and SELL Codeweavers' software. When the pain subsides, sir, expect to profit. What goes around, comes around. Cheers.

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by an anonymous user on Oct. 29, 2008

Personally, I thought the 4-point dare to President Bush was beyond stupid. As if all those things were just up to the President. The price of gas decrease, though, is at least partially due to President Bush, who lifted Executive-branch restrictions against drilling offshore and advocated Congress to lift their restrictions. So maybe it's appropriate after all.

Regardless, and very seriously, I really appreciate that Jeremy White is keeping his word. How very UNpolitical!

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