Codeweavers

Codeweavers is a software company that enables cross-compatibility between Mac OS X and Linux with Microsoft Windows. Codeweavers products use the open source software initiative Wine to run Windows applications on Mac or Linux computers. Products are available for individuals and businesses.

In July of 2008 Codeweavers issued a "Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge" to George W. Bush, detailing several "attainable, positive goals for the United States" and promising that, if any one of the goals is met during the specified time frame, every American will have access to Codeweavers software for free for one day.Codeweavers: Challenge press release (October 27, 2008) On October 27, 2008 one of the goals was inadvertently met when the economic collapse caused gasoline prices in the Twin Cities to drop below $2.79 a gallon. Codeweavers gave away one free copy of their CrossOver software to everyone who wanted one on October 28, 2008. The company ended up by giving away 750,000 free copies of software in 24 hours.DownloadSquad: CodeWeavers cancels free giveaway program, honors existing... (October 31, 2008)