On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Hagar Delest <hagar.del...@laposte.net>wrote:
> I've downloaded OOo several times in the past through torrents because it > was much faster. And I noticed that my file was also shared at a not > negligible rate. > > I think this is something worth implementing. I'm not from a generation > that is used to download but I think that many (young) users look at this > way first. > > Hagar > > > > Objet : Re: Microsoft Censors OpenOffice Download Links > > > > > 2013/8/16 : > > > Reported on the forum: > > > > http://torrentfreak.com/microsoft-censors-openoffice-download-links-130814/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter > > > > > > > The URLs mentioned in the article look scary to me, with version that > > never really existed, like "3.3.2". As you know there are several > > websites that claim to offer OpenOffice downloads but then bundle it > > with adware. I wouldn't assume that torrents are any safer. > > > > It would be worth asking if anyone really needs AOO torrents and > > whether we should look at providing official ones. > > > > -Rob > > > > > Hagar > We discussed this last year in a thread titled "BItTorrents -- do we care?" last posted to on 16 October 2012. General consensus seemed to be favorable. What's Infra's take on bittorrent? Don
