On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote: > On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Sunny wrote: > >> FYI, CodeWeavers - the guys behind wine project, will offer their >> commercial version of wine - Crossover Office for free on Oct. 28 2008. >> Here is the official announcement: >> >> http://www.codeweavers.com/about/general/press/20081027/ > > What is the license? It's proprietary and staying that way?... They are the core contributors to wine (GPL). Most of their "closed license" is about some managing tools to make it easier to manage/install applications. In most cases you can go w/o them, just using wine, but for "enterprise" customers there is added value in easy management. I just provided the information for anybody who is interested to evaluate. I do not "recommend" them :) > > Sounds like something to avoid. Anything wrong with the GPL version of > VirtualBox? > Paying M$ fee for the Windows you install in VB. -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap.