Yeah, I am in H-town, dawg. I used to live in da ghetto but my web
design business got me da bling.
Scott M Stolz wrote:
Now you got me curious. There aren't many places that divide their
city it wards (or used to). You in Houston?
On 2/26/06, *Kyle Korleski* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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True dat, dawg. I installed most of the copies of OpenOffice.org
in 3rd
ward, homie.
Scott M Stolz wrote:
> True. But many in the hood are on dialup or have no internet
access,
> so they would be perfect customers for it anyway since they either
> can't download it or it would take forever to download on dial-up.
>
> That's why I am glad OpenOffice.org allows people to redistibute it.
> People who wouldn't have it otherwise get it, and people can make a
> buck or two in the process. Good for everyone. :)
>
> On 2/26/06, * Kyle Korleski* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote:
>
> I feel ya dawg. I know how it is, fo sho. Lots of my homies
in da hood
> don't know much about free software, but dawg, it really
helped their
> pimpin business, fo sho.
>
> Scott M Stolz wrote:
> > Hi Kyle,
> >
> > Most people are not familiar with the concept of "free"
software
> like
> > OpenOffice.org What you said was fine, but it assumes
knowledge of
> > open source software and everything that means. I decided to
> > elaborate a bit just in case she wasn't aware of the
concepts behind
> > "free" software and why someone would buy a CD in the
first place,
> > when its free on the website.
> >
> > Plus I also wanted to make sure she knew that she wasn't
actually
> > buying OpenOffice.org, she was buying the CD.
> >
> > Plus, some vendors selling CDs purposely hide the fact
that you can
> > download it for free, which I think is sneaky. Or they don't
> mention
> > that they are not selling OpenOffice.org, but rather selling a
> CD with
> > free software on it. Since I am not sure of her
circumstances, I
> > tried to explain as much as possible.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > On 2/26/06, * Kyle Korleski* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >
> > Thanks for elaborating dawg. I guess I didn't state my
point
> correctly
> > enough.
> >
> > Scott M Stolz wrote:
> > > It is legal to redistibute OpenOffice.org on CDs and
sell
> them.
> > > Technically a person selling such CDs is not selling you
> > > OpenOffice.org, but instead selling you the CD which
> > OpenOffice.org is
> > > on. Buy purchasing the CD, you are paying for the
> convenience of it
> > > being on a CD instead of you downloading it yourself and
> burning
> > it on
> > > your own CD (if desired). Buying a CD is useful and
a good
> > value for
> > > people on dial-up where it would take forever to
download it
> > from the
> > > website, or who want to install it on a computer without
> internet
> > > access, or who want the convenience of popping in a CD
> instead of
> > > downloading the whole thing for every computer they
want to
> > install it
> > > on.
> > >
> > > They can't, however, claim that it is their own work
when
> its not.
> > > But redistributing it is not illegal, in fact its
encouraged.
> > >
> > > On 2/26/06, *Kyle Korleski * < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >
> > > Okay, let me tell you something ma'am.
OpenOffice.org
> is a free
> > > piece of
> > > software and it should be just as legal as if you
> downloaded it
> > > straight
> > > from www.openoffice.org
<http://www.openoffice.org> <http://www.openoffice.org
<http://www.openoffice.org>> <
> http://www.openoffice.org>
> > <http://www.openoffice.org> or got it from
> > > an official distributor, am I right?
> > >
> > > JoAnn McKenzie wrote:
> > > > I purchased an OpenOffice CD for Mac on
eBay...it is
> > obviously a
> > > > homemade copy. Is this legal?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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