Lame Duck Challenge Ends With Free Codeweavers Software For All

gzipped_tar writes to tell us that The Codeweavers "Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge" has ended in surprise and free software all day Tuesday (October 28, 2008) at the Codeweavers site. A while back Codeweavers gave President Bush a challenge to meet one of several goals before he left office. One of these goals was to lower gas prices in the Twin Cities below $2.79 a gallon, which has since transpired. "How was I to know that President Bush would take my challenge so seriously? And, give the man credit, I didn't think there was *any* way he could pull it off. But engineering a total market meltdown - wow - that was pure genius. I clearly underestimated the man. I'm ashamed that I goaded him into this and take full responsibility for the collapse of any savings you might have. Please accept our free software as my way of apologizing for the global calamity we now find ourselves embroiled in."

Comments

Before I hit their site

[Bryan Ischo]

Before I hit the codeweavers web site, and possibly generate some undeserved ad revenue for them, can someone explain to me what codeweavers is and what software they make/sell?

I'd go to their web site to find out but like I mentioned, I don't want to give them ad revenue if they're just lamely pulling off a marketing ploy, with Slashdot acting as a typically willing partner in the charade ...

Re:Before I hit their site

[v1]

...and remember Wine is not an Emulator.

WINE. WINdows Emulator.

It is an emulator. Not an application emulator, an OS emulator. Maybe that's what you meant?

News for nerds? Stuff that matters?

[Anonymous Coward]

Anyone? Anyone?

I have enough politics when I'm at the office... the least Slashdot could do would be to give us IT slaves a haven from all of this crap...

Re:Tired of hearing this

[Boaz17]

right all those millions stupid Americans who voted for him (and again). Once voted it was a sure thing. Free Life Boaz

Re:Retards

[clone53421]

How does a President take the blame for all of the bad things that happen on his watch (9-11, gas prices, subprime mortgages) but can't take credit for any of the good things (Removal of Saddam, gas prices, abortion numbers at 34 year low)?

Speaking of which, you should ask your friend whether Obama will be responsible for the massive test that's supposedly headed our way if we elect such an unproven, inexperienced person as our president. I mean, Joe Biden has only guaranteed that it's coming... so, will that be the President's fault too? I mean, we need to achieve some kind of consistency in these sort of things... it looks bad when we don't know who to blame!

Re:I'm a dad

[theaveng]

>>>I'm a dad - should I be raiding my neighbors' wallets and giving the proceeds to my kids? (Tongue firmly planted in cheek for the humor-impaired.)

Haha. :-) That would be funny, but you are doing exactly that when you make your neighbors pay your kids' school tuition. Of course in this case I don't mind, because kids can't provide for themselves.

My main complaint is when perfectly healthy working adults expect others to pay their bills. Like when they go to the doctor, and then they expect their neighbors' to pay the bill. Bzzzz. Pay your own medical bill; you have money; use it.