On 2012-05-18, at 14:18 , Chery wrote: > It is free! Who would buy it from you? >
OpenOffice has always been sold on eBay and other similar sites. The advantage to the buyer is that she does not have to download the app., can have it around for future reference, may distribute it to those who otherwise cannot get it (yes, she could burn more and I hope she would), and so on. As well, quite often CDROMs and DVDs contain so-called value-adds. Could be set of (free) extensions or it could be templates, utilities, etc. It actually makes a difference in the minds of many, too, to see the physical object. This is especially so at conferences, where you want handouts, and elsewhere you just want people to try it out *now*. And, lest we not forget the nature of our own circumstances, it actually costs *more* to download a large binary such as AOO than to buy a CDROM containing it (in your language, no less)! Yep: in many if not most parts of the world, bandwidth is costly and charged by the minute or byte or both. The real point of "free" is the user's ability to work unencumbered with the binaries and source: to become not just another commodity but a producer in a community. -louis > -----Original Message----- > From: SpindleHill Auctions [mailto:em...@spindlehill.com] > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 1:05 PM > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: FW: OpenOffice on eBay > > Hello, > > > > I would like to get further information on how I could sell OpenOffice on > eBay, either via download and/or CDROM. I have been selling on eBay since > 2004, and I am looking to increase my inventory and sales. Thank you very > much for your time and consideration. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Michael Gaudiosi > > SpindleHill Auctions > > em...@spindlehill.com > > > >
