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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Windows Devs to Get Apple Shot

Internet News:

Officials at software developer CodeWeavers Wednesday said developers using its product will be able to create Mac versions of Windows applications using its software.

The St. Paul, Minn.-based company is best known for its CrossOver tool, which allows developers to port, or migrate, to Linux applications developed in Windows. The company also develops CrossOver Office, which lets Linux end users run Windows-based applications like Office, Lotus Notes, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe Photoshop.

"Apple's decision to shift to Intel chips is good news for many Windows developers who, for reasons of time and/or expense, have never created Mac versions of their key applications," Jeremy White, CodeWeavers CEO, said in a statement. "CodeWeavers can give these developers a low-cost and near-instant path to market through the use of CrossOver technology."

Related: CodeWeavers press release

So this is clearly an important development. Will the availability of cross-platform programming tools lead to more Windows applications being ported to OS X? Perhaps. I'd like to think so, certainly.

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