CodeWeavers

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CodeWeavers

Type
Founded	1996
Headquarters	Minnesota
Key people	Jeremy White, Founder and CEO Alexandre Julliard, Chief Technology Officer Jonathan Parshall, Chief Operating Officer
Industry	Computer software
Products	CrossOver Linux, CrossOver Mac, CrossOver Server
Revenue	Company does not release these figures
Employees	approx. 20
Website	http://www.codeweavers.com

CodeWeavers is a company that sells a proprietary version of Wine called CrossOver, for running Windows applications on Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris. The company was founded in 1996 as a consultancy, eventually moving entirely over to Wine development and support. The Crossover version of Wine is regularly refreshed with the latest free Wine patches; likewise, patches from the company's employees are sent back to the project almost immediately. This distinguishes the company from TransGaming, which develops a forked version of Wine called Cedega, and no longer returns contributions to free Wine. CodeWeavers is a major contributor to the Wine project, a free software / open-source software project that helps Windows applications run on different x86-based operating systems, and employs the project's Maintainer, Alexandre Julliard, as their CTO.

The Company's products include CrossOver Linux (for Linux OSs), CrossOver Mac (for Mac OS X), and CrossOver Server (allows Windows applications to run in a distributed thin-client environment under Linux and Solaris). The Company's products have traditionally focused on making Microsoft software staples like Microsoft Office, MS Word, and MS Excel run on Linux. Recently, however, with the addition of the Mac product, the Company has also begun focusing on games and other applications not available natively on the Mac platform, such as MS Visio and MS Project. The Company also provides implementation and consulting services around Wine and open-source software projects.

CodeWeavers is also a founding member of the Desktop Linux Consortium.