Elderly does not mean senile. Regardless of age, anyone who has the basic ability to perform the tasks of distributor should be able to follow the instructions given. The individual is not subscribed to the list and that is the first part of the instructions and what he needs to follow to proceed.
Andy has been providing this information to nearly everyone who has inquired and I see no need to see him change it. Thanks Andy for the help you have given us all. Marty. -----Original Message----- From: Nishant Prakash Kashyap [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 7:23 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [cd-rom] I have tried . . . . Mr. Andy Brown Mr. John W Dudley is an old person as he explained. Copy and Paste of routine procedure can be done by anyone and these things have been done by you millions times, routinely. Is this the way you react to an elderly person seeking help and indirectly helping the community. Or is it that you are trying to lure some Oracle executives by showing that you are Workaholic and then try to get a Job there...???? I seriously doubt you intentions. Regards to Community Members. On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Andy Brown <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri Dec 24 2010 20:22:47 GMT-0800 (PST) John W Dudley wrote: > >> I have tried for a long time to learn how to distribute your open office >> program. I have been using it for several years. But I am old, plus >> being >> a dummy I don't know what to do to get started as a distributor for your >> open office program. >> >> John W Dudley @ [email protected] >> >> > > Standard reply follows: > > <Begin paste> > Distributors > > Please go to the main OpenOffice.org website: > > www.openoffice.org > > At the top right, create yourself a User Name & Password. > Please make sure that you quote your 'primary' e-mail address, or if you > have created a special one for OO.org - eg. > [email protected] > > Now proceed as follows: > On the home page: > Double click the Downloads button . > Scroll down till you see the sub section 'Other' > Double click CD-ROMs. > This will bring you to the BLUE BUTTON. > > > Under Mailing lists, make sure that you are subscribed to : > annou...@distrib ..... > d...@distrib ...... > cd...@distrib ...... > > Once you have received the automated confirmation of subscription, you know > that you will receive all messages from these links. > > Please note that Openoffice.org DO NOT send out CD's. > The act of producing the cd's and leaflets etc. for distribution is the > Community Distributors contribution to ' Spreading the word'. > You may if you wish make a nominal charge for the cds, and this is > explained within the mission statements etc. > If you wish to be listed as a Distributor on the OO.o site, you can apply, > but please note that it may take a little while to activate. > > > e-bay > If you intend to 'market' the cd's on e-bay there are certain conditions > that you must conform to, and you will find these at: > http://distribution.openoffice.org/ebay_page.html > > > You can download the latest version for win32, or browse for linux and > other alternatives if you need them, by going back a page and clicking on > the Download button (GREEN). > > There are options for a download with,or without Java, suggest you take > the one with. > This may save you, or your 'customers' a second download from Java link,if > they do not have it on their machine. > > SAVE the download, and this will then write to disc. > > Look out for the links to disc templates, flyers, specification sheets > etc. > > > All web link buttons etc are available, just read through the mission > statements etc. and you can then follow the links for more info. > > If you are also building, you may also like to consider registering as > o.e.m. suppliers (?) > > If so, in addition to the above, subscribe to: > [email protected] > > > Come back if you have any problems. > > All the best > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Regards, Nishant Prakash Kashyap --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
