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Codeweavers Releases Crossover Office
rleyton writes "Codeweavers have just announced Crossover Office, a Wine derivitive which allows MS-Office 97 & 2000 products as well as Lotus Notes to run without a Windows OS License. If it's as cool as the Crossover plugin product, then it could mean a significant step forward in Wine's progress." NewsForge got hold of a final beta copy a couple of days ago and has a Crossover Office review up already, and DesktopLinux.com has one too. This looks pretty cool, yes.
Now if a PHB tells you can't run Linux, because you need Office - tell him you'll save money by not needing a Windows license, and call still use Office.
You save around $50 for not having your OEM license on Windows (assuming you don't have the Windows license already if you are supposed to be running Office), pay $55 extra for the Crossover Office thingy and you are somehow saving money?
Yeah - that's gonna fly just great with my boss.
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Can't wait to see the same insipid post over on LinuxToday. Get the copy-paste ready, you jackball.
What a fucking idiotic sig. In 8th grade still, eh?
Format your fucking name properly, get a real sig, or go the fuck away. Jacknut.
Are you retarded?
First, where the hell did you find "rapid" in the description of open source? I personally have not seen a single page that claimed that.
Second, do you really think that cloning Windows is an easy task?
Third, do you know what VMWare is? Hint: it IS an emulator. Another hint: it REQUIRES windows. VMWare does not provide the APIs. It merely emulates a PC. And it's fucking slow.
Fourth, Windows has NOT been a stationary target. Microsoft is constantly changing the architecture. Not to mention the transition from Win3.11 to WinNT.
Finally, are you aware of ANY commercial projects which try to do the same thing as Wine? No, VMWare, Win4lin, Bochs, and plex86 don't count.