-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 James Knott wrote: > greg ward wrote: >> Hi James, I did purchase "Open Office" for the sum of AU$11.00. It is the >> latest version and on the "help" page all references for help/support are to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] or www.sun.com/star/support >> >> > > As I thought. Someone charged you for something you could have obtained > for free. Some vendors sell OOo on a CD, which is a convenience for > those who can't download it. However, others simply take advantage of > those who don't know better. Some sites claim paid support included and > then point the user here. > > As I mentioned, it's always a free download from www.openoffice.org.
To be fair, AU$11.00 isn't an unreasonable price for the *service* of downloading OpenOffice.org and burning it to CD. How that service is advertised might be underhand however. My company also distributes OpenOffice.org on DVD (together with other open source software) at a similar price but we also make it clear that the software can be downloaded free of charge and provide links to the appropriate sites. - -- Mike Eggleston -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkk9E6EACgkQujHvuf9nAVTo+wCfWil22spY1q/8SWxXdjxRNmOg iVwAnR3cXTtrjxnlyx0cVBsNIufCH+Zm =Jpk2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
