[LinuxUsers] free CrossOver office serial today

Wed Oct 29 22:19:16 UTC 2008

Did you guys notice that they extended the period where you can register a serial number until November 30?
Unless I'm missing something, then it sounds like it is still available to those who have not attempted to acquire it as of yet.
At least I hope it is.

Furthermore, you can go to the 99 cent store and get a bottle of wine for, you guessed it, 99 cents.
If you can't afford a beer, then maybe you just need to get drunk!

Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:44:12 -0500
From: cantormath at gmail.com
To: linuxusers at socallinux.org
Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] free CrossOver office serial today

Beer is good but coffee is more like crack.

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Peter Manis <manis at digital39.com> wrote:

You guys can afford beer? omg omg.... I'm still sippin on mad dog 20/20 and the box of wine in my fridge :p

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Vasta, Stephen <SVasta at llu.edu> wrote:

. . . ah . . . a taste of Champaign on a beer budget
. . .  J

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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