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CODEWEAVERS POISED TO GIVE FREE SOFTWARE FOR ALL IF PRESIDENT BUSH ACCOMPLISHES ANYTHING

The CodeWeavers Lame Duck Presidential Challenge Adds New Economic Goal: Return Stock Market to 2008 High

Random Bush Sightings Give Challenge Coordinators Hope

SAINT PAUL, Minn. (October 2, 2008) – Brilliant yet modest software developer CodeWeavers, Inc., is poised to provide free software for every American if President Bush's policies can help the Dow Jones Industrial Averages (DJIA) surpass its 2008 high of 11,88613,058 by year's end.

Such an achievement is part of Saint Paul-based CodeWeavers Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge (lameduck.codeweavers.com), which the company launched to inspire President Bush to make the most of the remaining days of his office by accomplishing a major economic or political goal by January 20, 2009.

Given the bizarre and dire economic crisis unfolding across the nation CodeWeavers – whose software lets Mac OS X and Linux users run Windows programs – is adding the DJIA goal to the five goals it originally unveiled during the challenge's launch two months ago:

• Reduce gas prices to $2.79 per gallon
• Reduce the average price of a gallon of milk to $3.50
• Create at least one net job in the U.S. this calendar year
• Return the median home price to its Jan. 1, 2008 level
• Bring Osama Bin-Laden to justice

Once Bush meets a goal, CodeWeavers will offer its software for free to the public for 24 hours on the first day of the following month. For more contest details visit lameduck.codeweavers.com.

"Good citizens of the United States, and those here on H-1B visas," said Jeremy White, president of CodeWeavers," when we launched the CodeWeavers Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge, we offered what we considered ambitious but reachable goals for President Bush. We're confident he's working hard on reaching at least one of these important milestones. Now, as all eyes are on the stock market and the economy, we offer yet another opportunity for the president to cement his legacy."

Random Bush Sightings Give Challenge Coordinators Hope

"Last week as the entire American financial system collapsed around us, I was eating a bag of Old Dutch potato chips in my kitchen and I swear I heard President Bush on the television talking about the crisis," said White. "I spit out the chips and ran into the living room, but unfortunately, I was too late and the station was airing a commercial about some reality show that takes place in a mansion.

"So, while I can't be sure President Bush actually was doing anything about the economic crisis, it gave me hope that he is at least somewhat aware of what is happening here in the final days of his glorious term. And, if he's aware of the economy, I'm excited that he may actually be doing something to whip the nation back into shape. And, you know what that means: 'Ding – Ding – Ding,' free software for all."

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.

Contact: Alex Seitz, Haberman & Associates, 612-372-6471, alex@modernstorytellers.com.

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