Awe, man. One day too late. ---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > A Halloween treat for Linux and Mac users: CrossOver is free > today<http://www.pcworld.com/article/2013357/a-halloween-treat-for-linux-and-mac-users-crossover-is-free-today.html> > > Whatever your take on the relative proportions of the desktop > market<http://www.pcworld.com/article/252552/if_desktop_linux_is_dead_someone_had_better_tell_all_those_users.html>accounted > for by Mac and Linux users, the fact remains that there are still > an awful lot of applications out there that target > Windows<http://www.pcworld.com/article/256189/want_freedom_from_vendor_lock_in_survey_says_choose_open_source.html>. > > > One solution for getting Windows software to run on these other platforms > is the free and open source Wine compatibility layer, as I noted > <http://www.pcworld.com/article/251510/to_run_windows_software_on_linux_try_wine_1_4.html>when > Wine 1.4 was released earlier this year. > > Another option—as I also noted back then—is > CrossOver<http://www.pcworld.com/article/218051/Virtualization.html>, > a paid version of the software that's available with support from > CodeWeavers. Normally, CrossOver is priced at $59.95 with 12 months of > email support and upgrades and one free phone support incident. > > This year, however, Halloween is Linux and Mac users' lucky day, because > just for today, CodeWeavers is giving out its CrossOver product for free. > > To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click > here<http://www.pcworld.com/article/2013357/a-halloween-treat-for-linux-and-mac-users-crossover-is-free-today.html#jump> > > > Source: > http://www.pcworld.com/article/2013357/a-halloween-treat-for-linux-and-mac-users-crossover-is-free-today.html > > (via Mr. Reader <http://www.curioustimes.de/mrreader>) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
