CODEWEAVERS' SOFTWARE FREE FOR DOWNLOAD

[Андрей Фисенко]

CODEWEAVERS' SOFTWARE FREE FOR DOWNLOAD THANKS TO GEORGE W. BUSH AND FALLING GAS PRICES
Giveaway Triggered in CodeWeaver's Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge; "We take full responsibility for global economic collapse," says CEO

SAINT PAUL, Minn. (October 27, 2008) – The catastrophic cratering of the global economy, falling gas prices and President George W. Bush's recent executive activities have indirectly prompted Saint Paul gadfly software developers CodeWeavers, Inc., to provide free software for every American on Oct. 28, company officials reluctantly announced today.

In July, CodeWeavers – whose software lets Mac OS X and Linux users run Windows programs without having to Microsoft for a Windows OS license – launched the Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge (lameduck.codeweavers.com) to encourage President Bush to make the most of his remaining days in office by accomplishing a major economic or political goal by January 20, 2009.

The goals focused on President Bush making specific positive accomplishments in areas such as the economy, home values, the stock market, the war on terror and other key issues. Specifically, one goal called for President Bush to help down bring average gasoline prices in the Twin Cities to $2.79 a gallon.

On Monday, Oct. 14, gas prices in Minneapolis and St. Paul did just that.

"That morning, I was filling my tank at Big Steve's Gas Palace in St. Paul," said Jeremy White, president and CEO of CodeWeavers. "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..."

White admits this is not how he foresaw the Challenge unfolding.

"I launched the campaign to inspire President Bush to make the most of his final days in office. Who knew that our Challenge would have this kind of impact on the country?" White said. "On the other hand, who knew that the economy would implode, causing oil demand to drop into the abyss and gas prices to plummet as well. Clearly, investigating Bear Stearns, AIG and those guys is misplaced – CodeWeavers is responsible for this mess. So it's free software for all!"

How to Get the Free Software
On Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, any one visiting the CodeWeavers' Web site (http://www.codeweavers.com) will be given a deal code that will entitle them to one free copy of CodeWeavers' award-winning CrossOver software. Each copy comes complete with support.

"I realize that by giving away all my software, I've caused horrific damage to my company's bottom line," White said. "In fact, our vice president of sales wretched Starbucks all over his shirt when he learned the news. But, I figure, the way the economy is going, in a few months everyone might be out on the streets, wearing potato sacks and standing in line for squirrel soup, so why not?"

White also noted that if other Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge goals are met, CodeWeavers will once again provide free software. Goals include:

* Return the stock market to it's 2008 high
* Reduce the average price of a gallon of milk to $3.50
* Create at least one net job in the U.S. this calendar year
* Return the median home price to its Jan. 1, 2008 level
* Bring Osama Bin-Laden to justice


http://www.codeweavers.com/about/genera ... /20081027/

Для читающих со словарём, краткий пересказ от nix.ru
Американская софтверная компания CodeWeavers объявила об акции бесплатного дня для скачивания всех своих продуктов из линейного ряда CrossOver.
В официальном пресс-релизе эта акция в довольно шутливой манере приурочена к мировому финансовому кризису, падающим ценам на газ и «недавним действиям президента США Джорджа Буша». Вследствие всех этих событий в CodeWeavers решили, что сегодня, 28 октября 2008 года, любой желающий, зашедший на Web-сайт компании, сможет получить код на бесплатную полноценную версию фирменного программного обеспечения. Продукты CrossOver предназначены для запуска популярных Windows-приложений и игр в других операционных системах (Linux и Mac OS X). Их обычная стоимость составляет около 40-70 USD.

Лицензии шлют отсюда: http://lameduck.codeweavers.com/free/

[skoltogyan]

чо-то не приходит на мыло код активации

[Андрей Фисенко]

чо-то не приходит на мыло код активации

Лично проверил - на домен gmail.com пришел код через 7 минут.

[Андрей Старков]

to Андрей Фисенко
отдельная (большая) благодарность за эту новость!!!!
в этой области новичок, про Wine конечно же знаю но еще не пробовал настраивать, про codeweavers только слышал, а тут пошел по ссылочке закачал, дома поставил, тут же подсунул диски Lingvo 11 (единственная вещь которой мне не хватало в Линуксе) и вуаля!!!
осталось только я думаю KDE настроить, чтобы по Ctrl+C+C или +Ins+Ins как привык в винде выделенное передавалось в Лингво. мне почему то кажется что это возможно

P.S. в иностранных конторах тоже всегда стараюсь давать адрес на gmail и все работает. и PayPal денежки переводит и магазины быстро откликаются. Так что свою копию я уже зарегил