14 DAY TRIAL // CodeWeavers Inc. and Linspire Inc. jointly announced the release of CrossOver Office 5.0 for Linspire, a version of the program optimized for the Linspire Linux distribution.
"Businesses tell us they want to switch to the desktop Linux operating system to reduce total cost of ownership or improve security, but it's the thought of losing one or two software applications - like Quickbooks or Microsoft Project - that holds them back," said Kevin Carmony, CEO of Linspire Inc. "CrossOver Office is genius because it removes that hesitation from the equation. Yes, you can still use Quicken or Microsoft software on your Linspire machine, but you don't have to overpay for a Windows operating system license to do it."
In Novell's poll, after running for 31 days, Photoshop came out as the most wanted application running on Linux. According to CodeWeavers, their product can run it, and many other applications.
Linspire spokeswoman Heather MacKenzie said that this version of CrossOver Office took several weeks to customize and is not simply a marketing strategy. "This version was optimized specifically for Linspire," MacKenzie said. Additionally, the Linspire CrossOver Office fixes/optimizes several applications, including Office XP, that weren't working optimally under CrossOver for Linux on Linspire systems, Linspire engineer Brian Thomason added.
CrossOver Office for Linspire is available now for $39.95 from www.linspire.com/crossover.