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CodeWeavers products free today (10/28)

From TUAW:

Three months ago, CodeWeavers CEO Jeremy White offered a challenge to another CEO — the nation’s chief executive, George W. Bush. If the president achieved one of White’s six "Lame Duck" goals during the twilight of his 2nd term, White would make Windows-API enabler & WINE GUI CrossOver free to customers for one day.

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Then a funny thing happened on the way to January 20th: due to global economic conditions and through no fault of the president, the price of crude oil dropped precipitously and the cost of gasoline moved in parallel… bringing the average price per gallon in Minneapolis down to the target $2.79 level called for in White’s goal #1. Can anyone say "Taco?"

CodeWeaver’s site is apparently straining under the Digg effect, so they’ve put up a temporary site, where you can download fully unlocked builds.

Says Jeremy:

“How was I to know that President Bush would take my challenge so seriously? And, give the man credit, I didn’t think there was *any* way he could pull it off. But engineering a total market meltdown – wow – that was pure genius. I clearly underestimated the man. I’m ashamed that I goaded him into this and take full responsibility for the collapse of any savings you might have. Please accept our free software as my way of apologizing for the global calamity we now find ourselves embroiled in.”