Case Studies

CodeWeavers products are used by a wide variety of customers to solve their Windows-compatibility needs and save money. Read here about how you can use CodeWeavers CrossOver products to do the same.

An Introduction to Wine
A semi-technical examination of Wine: what's under the hood, what the potential is for the technology, etc.

City of Kenosha
The combination of CrossOver Linux Pro and thin-client technology lets Kenosha support its staff for a mere $500 a year/user. Find out how they do it...

CrossOver Comparison
Competitive information regarding how CrossOver compares to Win4Lin, VMWare, and Parallels. 5 pages PDF.

CrossOver Total Cost of Ownership
An examination of running CrossOver in thin-client mode, in comparison with MS Terminal Server and Citrix.

Linux Desktop Migration
A comprehensive overview of how to build your Linux desktop migration strategy, as well as an examination as to how Wine fits in as one of the crucial technologies for making such a migration.

Media Chance
A small Windows software developer uses CrossOver to quickly port their product to the Mac market.

Mobile County District Attorney's Office
CrossOver Mac allows the District Attorney's Office to use Internet Explorer with ActiveX controls, with no Windows license.

QuestAtlantis
QuestAtlantis needed a Mac client for their innovative online educational game. CodeWeavers took their Windows-only client and ported it to Mac via CrossOver.

Viruses (not) on Wine
Why Windows viruses find it very difficult to run under Wine, and how this protects CrossOver users when they're running Windows applications such as Outlook.

Walt Disney Feature Animation
CodeWeavers CrossOver Office is now an integral part of Disney Animation's Linux production environment. Disney not only got great performance from CrossOver, but also saved themselves at least $100,000 in the process...

Wine and Windows Legacy Application Support
This whitepaper shows how Wine can preserve your investment in older legacy applications. With Wine, you can effectively continue running older versions of Windows (95, 98, etc.) long past their official end-of-life. Not only that, but because Wine is open source, you always maintain total control over your ability to do so.