CrossOver Office
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CrossOver Office is a commercial program that allows many Windows-based applications to run on Linux and (forthcoming) Apple Mac OS X — without installation of Microsoft Windows.
CrossOver Office is a snapshot of the public Wine source tree, with various compatibility patches added, and more user-friendly configuration tools. It's produced by CodeWeavers, who employ several Wine developers and contribute code back to the free software/open source software Wine project as per the GNU LGPL — however CrossOver Office itself is proprietary software.
In June 2005, CodeWeavers announced support for Windows-to-Mac application porting and indicated that (for non-ported applications) Crossover Office will install on Intel-based Macs.
The actively-supported applications include Microsoft Office 2003, XP, 2000 and 97, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Macromedia Flash MX, Adobe Photoshop, Lotus Notes and Quicken; a full list is available from CodeWeavers. The program also aims to integrate properly with GNOME and KDE.
External links
- CrossOver Office home page
- press release regarding Windows-to-Mac porting and CrossOver Office on Macde:CrossOver Office
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