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MINNESOTA SOFTWARE DEVELOPER CODEWEAVERS TO MAKE PRODUCT FREE IF PRESIDENT BUSH MEETS GOALS

Announcing The CodeWeavers Lame Duck Presidential Challenge

Company Poised to Go Out of Business if Bush Meets One Goal; "It's Worth It," Company President Says

SAINT PAUL, Minn. (July 28, 2008) – CodeWeavers, Inc., a developer of software products that lets Mac OS X and Linux users run Windows programs, today is announcing it will make its product free for every American with a computer if President George W. Bush meets one of five goals during the final months of his term.

The CodeWeavers Lame Duck Presidential Challenge, which CodeWeavers launches today, will make its software products downloadable for free for 24 hours at www.CodeWeavers.com if President Bush accomplishes at least one of the following goals:

• Reduce gas prices
• Reduce food prices
• Create more jobs
• Rejuvenate the housing market
• Bring Osama Bin-Laden to justice

Details on these goals and the challenge can be found below and at lameduck.codeweavers.com.

"As a parent, a small business owner and a resident of the swing state of Minnesota, I'm very serious about this offer," said Jeremy White, president of CodeWeavers. "With elections approaching, the nation's business has a tendency to languish. And yet, at a time when our country is at war, and facing a faltering economy, rising oil prices and myriad other challenges, it is imperative that the next six months are not wasted."

"Therefore, we are offering The CodeWeavers Lame Duck Presidential Challenge to encourage President Bush to cement his celebrated legacy by continue moving the nation's business ahead," White added. "Oh, and we realize it's a long title, so we're calling it TCWLDPC for short."

How TCWLDPC Works

If President Bush meets one TCWLDPC goal (listed below), CodeWeavers will give away its software for free to all Americans who want it for 24 hours.

If President Bush meets the goal by the 28th of any given month through the end of 2008 or by the last day of his term in January 2009, CodeWeavers will give away its software on the first day of the following month for 24 hours.

"That's free copies of all our software products," White said. "Fully functional, fully supported. One copy per customer. If more goals are met, we'll give away more free software again the next month. We realize if he reaches one goal, we may go out of business giving away our software. It's worth it."

TCWLDPC Goals

1. Reduce the Price of Gas: "Gas costs about $3.79 a gallon in the Twin Cities, a full buck more than this time last year. If the average price here drops below $3 per gallon, that's a goal met," said White, who drives an old car with pretty good gas mileage.
2. Reduce the Price of Food: "With the rise of fuel prices has come a similar rise in food prices. A gallon of milk is about $5 these days. It was $3.50 a year ago. If the average price of a gallon of milk comes down to $3.50 gallon in the Twin Cities metro, that's another goal met," said White, who likes to gorge on whole milk and Trix cereal every evening.
3. Create More Jobs: "Nationwide, we started the year with 138,002,000 people working non-farm jobs. Since then, total non-farm employment has decreased by 366,000. If so much as a single job can be created this calendar year - meaning if employment can be at least 138,002,001 - that's a goal met," said White, who created 25 jobs at CodeWeavers since he founded the company in 1997.
4. Rejuvenate the Housing Market: "Median home values in the Twin Cities have fallen 12 percent year over year – from $233,000 to $205,000. If that median returns to $233,000, that's a goal met," said White, who is in complete denial as to just how much value his home has lost in recent months
5. Bring Osama Bin-Laden to Justice: "Here's one that any American can agree on. Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Anarchist . . . you name it," said White, who was an anarchist for about three months during his early 20's. "Every American wants Osama Bin-Laden captured or ‘terminated.' And we won't be picky about how President Bush gets him. Just bring him to justice, please."

"We think at least one of these goals can be met," White concluded. "Come on, if the citizens of this nation can put a man on the moon, find a cure for polio and figure out a way to run Windows software on a Mac without a Windows operating system license, surely President Bush can do one of these things in the next six months, right?"

TCWLDPC Fine Print

CodeWeavers is going to do its level best to be fair and objective in its measurement of prices, price indexes, interest rates and any other data related to this promotion. This is a non-partisan contest and we're not looking to slant the data towards, or away, from any political agenda. CodeWeavers welcomes reader opinions on that data. Folks from the Heritage Foundation, bring it. Brookings Institute; we'd love to hear from you. But CodeWeavers reserves the final right to decide what data will be used to meet the goals set forth in this promotion. Fair's fair. After all, it's our software we're going to be giving away. So, e-mail your thoughts to lameduck@codeweavers.com.

About CodeWeavers

Founded in 1996 as a general software consultancy, CodeWeavers today focuses on the development of Wine: the core technology found in all of its CrossOver products. The company's goal is to bring expanded market opportunities for Windows software developers by making it easier, faster and more painless to port Windows software to Mac OS X and Linux. CodeWeavers is recognized as a leader in open-source Windows porting technology, and maintains development offices in Minnesota, the UK and elsewhere around the world. The company is privately held. For more information about CodeWeavers, log on to www.codeweavers.com.

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