H.S. wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 02/28/2009 02:20 AM, Mike Dawe wrote:
>>> I was searching for (other than but related to) OOo links when I came
>>> across this page
>> [snips]
>>> I don't know if you're aware of the amount of uninformed people that
>>> have been posting to this list over the past few weeks and mentioning
>>> having to register OOo... I think this is typical of what is going on,
>>> and there are enough unaware folks who just have not got a clue, have
>>> heard about OOo, want to try it - but the 1st place they end up at
>>> (using a search engine) is at really dodgy links like the above. Because
>>> it looks legit, they follow through, pay some money and wonder why is
>>> doesn't work. This is such a bad thing.
>>>
>>> After posting this to the list, I will lodge a complaint with Version
>>> Tracker. I hope that, if you read this and feel as outraged, you will do
>>> the same.
>>>
>> Not a whole lot that can be done about it... notice at the bottom of the
>> page:
>> ====
>> To become a Affiliate click here
>>
>> This website that no affiliation whatsoever with the owner of this
>> software program, and provides only a link to the software program. if
>> you are a member of fileguru.net and need support please contact us and
>> not the software owner
>>
>> Copyright 2007. all rights reserved
>> ====
>>
>> So that part is quite legal and they are not impersonating OOo.
>> But of course it is part of an entire "business model" to dupe people
>> into paying to download software that they can download for free. Click
>> on the "To become a Affiliate click here" take you to the signup sight
>> (all under the ClickBank.com/Keynetics Inc.):
>>
>> http://www.clubaffiliate.net/
>> [another GoDaddy hidden Domains by Proxy so GoDaddy is the actual owner
>> of the domain name & therefore legally responsible].
>>
>> Click on page #3:
>> http://www.clubaffiliate.net/index.php?x=30
>> and there you will see how you can "earn 75% per sale] for selling a
>> link to OpenOffice.org.
>>
>> Now the above might be somewhat OK if these guys actually provided
>> product support and their own servers to host the downloads. But I can
>> pretty much guarantee that they don't host any of it, and instead use
>> OOo's volunteered, free, limited resources, mirrors to link the
>> "customer" to. This includes state university servers in the US where it
>> is illegal to make money off of software or services provided on those
>> servers without written consent.
>>
>> Anyway, the archives for this list are chock full of threads like this.
>
> Wasn't there a method where online users joined their efforts to create
> links to a web page, on various forums and their own web pages, which
> they wanted to be the first on google hits? One could make a web page
> that is short and sweet explaining about these importers and make it way
^^^^^^^^^^^ impostors
> more popular than the above sneaky website. Problem solve (?)
>
should be "solved"
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