[ale] Codeweavers giving away CrossOver Tomorrow

[Shane McKinley]

:0

Thanks, I guess I was just looking for something to complain about? :P

I guess I rly shouldn't compain about free software now should I?

<continues coding php />

Shane

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Freemyer [mailto:greg.freemyer at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 12:48 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Codeweavers giving away CrossOver Tomorrow

Shane,

I have not tried it but it says the downloads are fully unlocked.

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Shane McKinley <shane at hemc.coop>
wrote:
> "Your email address has been recorded. You will recieve your serial 
> code in a few <strong>days</strong>."
>
> Geez, I wasn't looking for a tease....
>
> Shane
> Systems Administrator
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aaron [mailto:aaron at pd.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:30 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Codeweavers giving away CrossOver Tomorrow
>
>
>
> The temp page for CodeWeavers now has an email registry to receive an 
> unlock code for Mac (intel) or Linux versions, as well as direct 
> download links of special unlocked builds that it says will only be 
> available for today.
>
> I was rude and greedy and opportunistic and did both of each, since I 
> will probably have an intel Mac in the not too distant future. To 
> borrow Lou Costello's line:
> I'm a baaaaad boy!
>
> Downloads went smoothly, so they don't seem to be experiencing server 
> overloads on that.
>
> Of course, accepting (or exploiting) the freeby deal would feel much 
> more justified if Mr. Lame Duck had actually played an active part in 
> bringing about the lower gas price conditions of the CodeWeavers 
> challenge. But, hey, they set the rules...
>
> peace
> aaron
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2008, Oct, 28, , at 9:59 AM, JK wrote:
>> ... and apparently the traffic has taken down Codeweavers' servers.
>> There's only a stub site up at the moment, and the only things on 
>> that
>
>> page are the full CO download links.  I like the way these guys honor

>> a bet; even though I'm downloading a freebie, I'll probably pay them 
>> for another version.
>>
>> -- JK
>>
>> Brian Pitts wrote:
>>> On Tuesday Codeweavers is giving away CrossOver, their commercial 
>>> offering based on Wine, at no cost. They have versions for linux and

>>> OS X. I'm curious how it compares to Wine itself.
>>>
>>> http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/10/27/codeweavers-
>>> software-free-tomorrow-tuesday-october-28
>>>
>>> -Brian
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