To whom it may concern, I am interested in two things. First I run a technology consulting company, I end up recovering a lot of systems. Generally people forget to give me their Office disks so in the process of recovering their data I usually install Open Office so they can have access to their files while they are looking to find their Office Disks. A few have even made the switch entirely. If they ask I usually give them the installer for the most recent stable version on a USB drive if they want something to keep their software or if they are still on dial up. I want to make sure that I am not doing anything I am not suppose to.
Also I was wondering if you have any programs with colleges to distribute your software. Arizona State University (the school I am attending) has a computer store that sells software at academic prices to students. I think it would be an impressively good marketing technique to put a thumb drive or CD of Open Office next to Microsoft's software suites for free or under $10 to expose students to your software. What students learn to use in school is generally what they like using for the rest of their careers. Getting your foot in the door so to speak could drastically increase your distribution at a grass roots level. This could also be marketed to the schools by allowing them advertise that they support Open Software development something that could potentially dive more students to their campus's. Please let me know if I could help in any way in getting such a program started or in supporting a program that is currently in place. Thank you. Andrew J Beeman Mandroo Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mandroo.com (602) 218-5463
