Dear Open Office.org, As I have worked IT for a large corporation, on my own I have supported my parents learning center and any number of friends for their computer problems/needs. Over the last 3 or so years I have developed the idea of a Home PC Survival Kit as related to the inexpensive or often free software available on the Internet. I have assembled a list of "vital" PC Applications that every PC user must have. The origninal idea was to sell the idea as a fund raiser for any number of organizatons and groups. I still play amateur baseball and football.
I have talked to a number of commercial software companies who offer a an alternative to MS Office. They often offer Word, Excel and PowerPoint compatible programs. I can license their products for a relatively small fee. Recently I received authority from Spybot to put on my Home PC Kit their Anti-Spyware program under the condition that I make note that Spybot is not profitting from the sale of the CD. I did offer to provide a link on the CD to Spybots donation web-page. This gave me the idea that, as this CD is supposed to be the best value with the best available alternatives to the big name commercial programs, I would inquire as to under what stipulations I could distribute on my CD Open Office. The Home PC Kit will also include for a very inexpensive price a commercial security suite that includes Firewall, Anti-virus and Anito-Spam on the same CD. With the addition of Open Office, Spybot and couple other related programs as things come together, this could be the best value on the market available for the average PC user. It could sell reasonably for $49 or less (mostly due to the cost of the security suite from the commercial vendor). I did find a distribution of LUXURIOUSITY OFFICE SUITE that turned out to be Open Office. They did not include any other related programs outside of the office suite. It sold for $10. Please tell me under what guiudelines/stipulations I could distribute Open Office on my Home PC Kit CD. I would guess that like Spybot it must be mentioned that Open Office is not profitting from the sale of the CD. Likewise I would offer a link to any available web-page related to making a donation to the Open Office project. I recently did incorporate in my home state of Missouri and have discussed the idea with Legal Counsel based out of my home city of St. Louis. It is now just a matter of getting together the necessary "vital" software and getting the CD into production and on the market to help PC users save a lot of money and still be productive with their PC's. Please let me know what I need to do to proceed with the use of Open Office, a great alternative to MS Office on the Home PC Kit CD. Sincerely, Carter Rethwisch President/Owner HomePCKit.com (314)504-9007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 985 Lafayette Landing Ct. St. Charles, Missouri 63303 www.homepckit.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
