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I think this is an important question. Whilst I know they contributed a fair bit to Wine there is no clear indication why I would hand over my money vs get the

I think this is an important question. Whilst I know they contributed a fair bit to Wine there is no clear indication why I would hand over my money vs get the free and open solution.

adrian_b 3y ago
I have not used Codeweavers for many years, because I have switched to LibreOffice after it became able to convert well enough most of the MS Office documents. Nevertheless, before that I have used Codeweavers CrossOver for some years, mainly to run MS Office on Linux. During that time I have been very satisfied with Codeweavers CrossOver, because the latest MS Office Professional versions available in those years were running under Linux at least as stable as under Windows and for some operations they were even faster than under Windows (presumably due to the faster file system). Earlier, during the Windows XP days, running MS Office Professional with CrossOver on Linux was even much more stable than on Windows XP, because before many Service Packs have accumulated fixing tons of Windows XP bugs, it was not unusual for MS Office to crash, even if such events were much more rare than with older Windows versions, like Windows 98. At least at that time when I was still using CrossOver, Wine supported well only older MS Office versions and had some problems with the latest. Even if I have no longer needed their product for many years, CrossOver remains one of the few software products that I have purchased for which I consider that the price paid for it was completely worthwhile, because it did exactly what I needed and what I had expected.
lwkl 3y ago
To support the development of Wine and for ease of use? Without CodeWeavers Wine wouldn’t be where it is today. They are the ones building your free and open solution. If it’s an important program for you, you should probably pay them.
- ActionHank 3y ago
  Sure, if you want to be precious about it. My point was more that there should be something on the page to show me how it differentiates to add value for me as a customer.
  - EdwardDiego 3y ago
    Click a button, install a supported app with all the ideal tweaks already provided.
    - ActionHank 3y ago
      Cool, send that to them so they can literally put that one, simple sentence on the site.
      - lwkl 3y ago
        You prompted me to look at their site and I definitely get your point. The site was definitely more focused on what you described back in the days. The site tells me that their business might have shifted to offer more consultation services for porting games and programs using Wine. If that’s true they might not need the Crossover revenue that badly anymore?
EdwardDiego 3y ago
Because giving them money keeps the contributions to Wine flowing.

I think this is an important question. Whilst I know they contributed a fair bit to Wine there is no clear indication why I would hand over my money vs get the free and open solution.

adrian_b 3y ago

I have not used Codeweavers for many years, because I have switched to LibreOffice after it became able to convert well enough most of the MS Office documents. Nevertheless, before that I have used Codeweavers CrossOver for some years, mainly to run MS Office on Linux. During that time I have been very satisfied with Codeweavers CrossOver, because the latest MS Office Professional versions available in those years were running under Linux at least as stable as under Windows and for some operations they were even faster than under Windows (presumably due to the faster file system). Earlier, during the Windows XP days, running MS Office Professional with CrossOver on Linux was even much more stable than on Windows XP, because before many Service Packs have accumulated fixing tons of Windows XP bugs, it was not unusual for MS Office to crash, even if such events were much more rare than with older Windows versions, like Windows 98. At least at that time when I was still using CrossOver, Wine supported well only older MS Office versions and had some problems with the latest. Even if I have no longer needed their product for many years, CrossOver remains one of the few software products that I have purchased for which I consider that the price paid for it was completely worthwhile, because it did exactly what I needed and what I had expected.

lwkl 3y ago

To support the development of Wine and for ease of use? Without CodeWeavers Wine wouldn’t be where it is today. They are the ones building your free and open solution. If it’s an important program for you, you should probably pay them.

ActionHank 3y ago
Sure, if you want to be precious about it. My point was more that there should be something on the page to show me how it differentiates to add value for me as a customer.
- EdwardDiego 3y ago
  Click a button, install a supported app with all the ideal tweaks already provided.
  - ActionHank 3y ago
    Cool, send that to them so they can literally put that one, simple sentence on the site.
    - lwkl 3y ago
      You prompted me to look at their site and I definitely get your point. The site was definitely more focused on what you described back in the days. The site tells me that their business might have shifted to offer more consultation services for porting games and programs using Wine. If that’s true they might not need the Crossover revenue that badly anymore?

EdwardDiego 3y ago

Because giving them money keeps the contributions to Wine flowing.