A Halloween treat for Linux and Mac users: CrossOver is free today
Whatever your take on the relative proportions of the desktop market accounted for by Mac and Linux users, the fact remains that there are still an awful lot of applications out there that target Windows.
One solution for getting Windows software to run on these other platforms is the free and open source Wine compatibility layer, as I noted when Wine 1.4 was released earlier this year.
Another option—as I also noted back then—is CrossOver, 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.
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