Gilbert Mendoza wrote:
I hope this isn't a last ditch effort to stay in business. I used to
use them way back in 2000-2001, but have since vowed to use 100%
native Linux code if possible. Unfortunately, my download today will
be just to try it out, as I'm perfectly happy with Linux software
availability.
No I suspect this is just good marketing.
It's not like VMWare where today's VMWare will run tomorrow's OSes.
Today's CrossOver may or may not run tomorrow's applications, so you
occasionally need a new copy of it.
And in my opinion is not possible to use a pure Linux software stack and
interact with Windows users that use Word. There are two many
fundamental incompatibilities for that to work. So other than for
personal use, I think most will need something like Crossover or VMWare.
Also Codeweavers makes money not just from licenses to Crossover, but
from NRE payments for winelib app porting efforts like Picasa and
Chromium. Although perhaps not scalable, I think their business model is
sound.
-- John.
