On 27/11/14 07:47, jonathon wrote:
On 26/11/14 21:04, Dale Erwin wrote:
That is NOT OpenOffice.
The confusing thing is that they call it "Professional Open Office
Suite", "Professional Office Suite", "Open Office Suite", and "Open
Office Suite 4.1.1".
The only issue that I see is that those guys are using the term
"Professional Open Office Suite" with the description of thus Ebay
auction [1] because their shouldn't be any additions such as
"Professional" to the brand name. Everything else seems to be OK. The
copyright attribution seems to be appropriate. They even pointing out
how AOO can be downloaded from the Internet.
/Peter
[1] http://www.ebay.com/itm/251723894087
Between that, and the disclosures at the bottom of the page, the
implication is that it is either Apache Open Office 4.1.1, or a very
close derivative of it.
It is an ad for a Microsoft Office Suite.
Further down on the page it states:
«You will receive Open Office Suite on CD delivered by USPS First Class
mail. ... All software programs on this CD-ROM are Open Source. The
distribution of this software is allowed under the GNU LGPL.»
That pretty much assures one that it is not Microsoft Office.
Going down to the disclaimers, the implication is that what is being
offered is Apache Open Office, even though the stated license (GNU LGPL)
does not match the current license.
You should never have to buy Open Office.
There are circumstances under which purchasing Open Office is a rational
decision.
To address the original poster's question, purchase of the CD is a
reasonable action:
* Data transfer limits;
* Low throughput speeds;
* Dirty network connections;
* Installation on a computer that has no network connection, and
SneakerNet is not a viable option;
jonathon
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