[LinuxUsers] free CrossOver office serial today

[Vasta, Stephen]

. . . ah . . . a taste of Champaign on a beer budget . . .  :-)

 

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From: linuxusers-bounces at socallinux.org
[mailto:linuxusers-bounces at socallinux.org] On Behalf Of Dante Lanznaster
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:55 PM
To: SoCal LUG Users List
Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] free CrossOver office serial today

 

I am not sure about future versions. This "free as in beer" thing
happened due to that Lame Duck Presidential Challenge, which can be
easily googled for. Dunno if it was a marketing stunt or the guy really
meant the challenge... 

If your uses are generic, like regular office stuff and the likes, then
yeah, you've got your regular Linux alternatives, but if you depend on
software like Quicken/Quickbooks for accounting, or if you do gaming, or
if you need IE6 for some website or the other, then it's either a VM
with XP or using software like this, which really works great for a lot
of stuff... The wine project is really amazing.

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Gilbert Mendoza <gmendoza at gmail.com>
wrote:

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Jeff Lasman <jplists at nobaloney.net>
wrote:
> I'm still more than a bit confused. I've now got the two unlocked
> versions download shell scripts. Should I still register my number to
> get the support?  Is it that important/necessary/good?
>
> Does anyone know if the unlocked copies will run forever?  Do the
> registered ones run forever, just without support or updates?

I believe the unlocked builds will continue to work and have updates
for the duration of this versions lifetime.  In the future though,
their builds will require a key, so register for one if you think
you'll download it at a later time.  It's a good opportunity for
people to get a taste of what the software can do.

I hope this isn't a last ditch effort to stay in business.  I used to
use them way back in 2000-2001, but have since vowed to use 100%
native Linux code if possible.  Unfortunately, my download today will
be just to try it out, as I'm perfectly happy with Linux software
availability.

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