| CodeWeavers: Run Windows Apps on Linux Thin Clients |
Dec. 10, 2002
St. Paul, MN -- (press release excerpt) -- CodeWeavers, Inc. today unveiled CrossOver Office Server Edition. A major expansion of CodeWeavers' award-winning CrossOver Office software, CrossOver Office Server Edition allows enterprise users to operate popular Windows software-including Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Lotus Notes, and Visio-in a distributed thin client environment for both Linux and Solaris.
"CrossOver Server Edition is designed to help the corporate marketplace bridge to Linux," said Jeremy White, CEO of CodeWeavers. "With Server Edition we offer corporate workgroups the ability to control costs by consolidating on a lower-cost desktop, while still running the applications their users have grown accustomed to. But whereas Citrix and Microsoft Terminal Server licenses typically cost hundreds of dollars per user, we can provide outstanding productivity for much less. The result is cost savings with real convenience."
CrossOver Office Server Edition 1.3.1 supports the same applications as CrossOver Office 1.3.1, including core office-automation packages such as Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Internet Explorer. It also supports Lotus Notes, and Visio 2000, Microsoft's business and technical diagramming application. Support for additional client environments, like Windows, HP-UX, Apple, and SGI, is planned for future releases.
According to White, Server Edition is an attractive proposition for corporate users not only for its affordability and convenience, but also for its simple licensing arrangement. "With Server Edition we offer licensing based primarily on concurrent server usage," White noted. "Client access licenses, 'Open' vs. 'Select' licenses, 'Class-A' vs. 'Class-B' or 'Class-C' licenses-forget all of that. We believe system administrators have neither the time nor the patience to spend time delving into these issues. With a concurrent usage model we can both simplify licensing arrangements and improve customer productivity in the bargain."
CrossOver Office Server Edition 1.3.1 is available immediately, either direct from CodeWeavers or its resellers. Server Edition is initially priced at $1,195 for the server software, with an additional $1,185 for a 25 concurrent user license. 100 concurrent user licenses cost $4,000. No restrictions are placed on the number of users running off of a single server, although customers may purchase additional server licenses at $595 apiece. Unlimited enterprise site licenses are also available.
(Click here for further information)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
