As the venerable Forrest Gump once said, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." Well, tomorrow, we have learned that you're gonna get free software courtesy of Codeweavers.







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Several months back, Codeweavers issued its Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge. If you're a conservative, you probably want to take your blood pressure medicine before popping over to read that press release. If you're a Democrat, you may want to avoid drinking carbonated beverages. If you're sick of politics (and who isn't) it goes like this: As a publicity stunt, Codeweavers promised to make its software products free for 24 hours to all Americans, should any of the five goals be met. The goals involved gas prices, food prices, jobs, the housing market and International justice.

With average gas prices falling to $2.79 a gallon, at least in the Twin Cities, CEO Jeremy White is making good on goal number one of his challenge. Tomorrow, visitors to the company's site will receive a deal code entitling you to one free copy of CrossOver software, complete with licensed support.

CrossOver allows you to run Windows applications and games on Mac and Linux. It's a commercial version of the Wine open-source Windows compatibility layer. Wine provides a Windows API that runs on top of Mac OS X and Linux.

Codeweavers offers three separate CrossOver packages. These include Win-applications-on-Mac, Win-applications-on-Linux, and a special Games version. I'm guessing you need to pick just one. Let us know in the comments which is the best to pick!

Leaving the in-your-face politics aside, this is a great deal, regardless of whether you're red, blue, or green. And you may get a second chance. Whole milk prices are apparently down to just $3.92/gallon, just 42 cents above the next challenge goal of $3.50.