Comments on: 500,000+ downloads: CodeWeavers surveys damage after software giveaway

By: wiseguy1

wiseguy1 — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:07:48 +0000

Good for CodeWeavers. While it was a big gamble and an expensive marketing execution, it is refreshing to see that they honored their commitment. So few companies have much integrity when they have the opportunity to back out of something. Great story!

By: Minneapolis Star Tribune » Blog Archive » 500,000+ downloads: CodeWeavers surveys damage after software giveaway

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:29:18 +0000

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By: Jon Parshall

Jon Parshall — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:58:03 +0000

@cid: lawsuit? Why?

@hahaha: Actually, as a registered customer, you get all your upgrades free for 12 months, so there’s no “gotcha” comin’ down the road. That’s not our business model. Also, we don’t require you to run an actual copy of Windows, which VMWare does. Many folks don’t like having Windows on their Macs. That said, VMWare is a good product, too.

By: qa

qa — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:16:09 +0000

I love VMware, their stock is way oversold too…just sayin’

By: hahaha

hahaha — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:54:32 +0000

I bet future upgrades aren’t free so, if people actually start using the stuff, the company will have a nice revenue stream.

I didn’t downloaded it since I’m happy with VmWare Fusion on my MacBook and then there’s VirtualBox which is a free version of VmWare.

By: cid

cid — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:40:19 +0000

expect a lawsuit