Crossposting to discuss list as it is more appropriate there. On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:49:31 +1100 Cameron Smith wrote:
> On 22/11/2007, Leslie Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Just a thought-- > > > > This list has seen during my brief time here quite a few postings > > talking about purchasing OOo, getting license keys, shady offers to > > "buy" OOo on eBay and in other places, etc. > > > > Now I know that in a "caveat emptor" world we can't rescue all > > consumers from their own naivete, but the basic concepts that one > > can download and use and distribute OOo freely to ones heart's > > content seem lost on some folks, and it really perplexes me. > > > > It just drives me nuts that some poor fools are shelling out cash > > for the exact same software most of us here use quite happily for > > nothing. > > > > Maybe it is so darn good (and it is) and the majority of the > > computer-using world so brainwashed by the MS hegemony that some > > otherwise perfectly reasonable folks think that this is all maybe > > too good to be true. I must confessed that the thought crossed my > > mind when I discovered OOo when I got interest in Linux in generally > > and Ubuntu specifically. > > You may have hit the nail on the head. Perhaps people don't feel comfortable with "free software", experiences on download sites may have left a bad taste in the mouth. A modestly priced purchase on the other hand lets them feel they are doing the right thing. Hmm, perhaps an enterprising individual or two within the organisation could set up a NPO website, the profits of which to be returned to the Community Council. Then we could direct these folk there. This would control the quality of distribution and perhaps create an advertising/education budget. http://buy.openoffice.org/ - anyone? I don't foresee any massive increase in self righteous indignant posts to this list, that seems directly proportional to users, irrespective of paying for the software. > > Is there any way to get the word out better? I have a funny feeling > > that OOo is for so many poor schmucks who feel enslaved to MS a > > too-well-kept secret. > > > > Thank you for letting me rant. > > > > Les > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Well OpenOffice basically turned me towards open-source software in > general or maybe the idea that there was software that was free to get > (disregarding download costs), free to use, available for Windows > works every bit as well as other choices and gave me a choice between > something and nothing. > > Cameron > -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
