CodeWeavers Announces Flock the Vote Software Giveaway

Posted by Soulskill on Monday October 29, 2012 @06:16PM from the no-thanks-to-newman dept.

ywlke writes "This election year, CodeWeavers is repeating its 'Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge' from 2008, and will be giving away free one-year subscriptions to Crossover Linux and Mac. 'On Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, beginning at 00:00 Central Time (+6 GMT), anyone visiting CodeWeavers’ Flock The Vote promotional web site (flock.codeweavers.com) will be able to download a free, fully functional copy of either CrossOver Mac or CrossOver Linux. Each copy comes complete with 12 months of support and product upgrades. The offer will continue for 24 hours, from 00:00 to 23:59, Oct. 31, 2012. ... The company had recently launched its 'Flock the Vote' challenge – a voter turnout initiative in which CodeWeavers promised free software for 24 hours if 100,000 people pledged to vote in the 2012 Presidential election.'"

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So we have to choose? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-29 18:23 · Score: 5, Funny

anyone visiting CodeWeavers’ Flock The Vote promotional web site (flock.codeweavers.com) will be able to download a free, fully functional copy of either CrossOver Mac or CrossOver Linux.
Which is the Obama version and which is the Romney version?
1. Re:So we have to choose? by spectrokid · 2012-10-29 19:19 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Something tells me you won't be able to see the difference...
  
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  10 ?"Hello World" life was simple then
Re:uses? by Gaygirlie · 2012-10-29 18:41 · Score: 5, Informative

Games and all kinds of regular applications. CrossOver supports a large amount of software and there is a one-click installation mode for many of the more popular apps. Basically, if you want Wine but with paid-for support and easier installation CrossOver will probably suit you.