Hello
I received an email from a 612 ABC Brisbane listener alerting me to http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1307773.htm
Having listened to the broadcast, I sent the following message.
Regards Jacqueline
---///--- Hello
Today I received a message from a listener in QLD to the http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1307773.htm programme.
It was great to hear so many of the people interviewed talk about OpenOffice.org, but there were a number of errors.
The main one being that the name of our product and project is "OpenOffice.org". Please see our FAQ (http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-other.html#10 and http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-other.html#7). The ".org" differentiates us from other proprietary, freeware and shareware programmes. The ".org" or OpenOffice.org community is made up of many volunteers that continue to improve and support OpenOffice.org the product.
Please can you replace the references on http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1307773.htm of "OpenOffice" with "OpenOffice.org".
Also, OpenOffice.org is open-source software (www.opensource.org) and is free as in freedom not as in cost. It is not proprietary, freeware or shareware. The two other office suite products that you listed on the page are proprietary. The licensing of OpenOffice.org allows you to copy, modify and distribute the source code as well as the binaries that people use. It is this freedom that enables volunteers all around world to contribute to developing, maintaining and supporting OpenOffice.org.
The Free Software Directory (http://directory.fsf.org/) that you have listed at the bottom of the link list is different to the other download sites that you have provided, in that it only includes free software. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html for a description of free software. The other download sites that you have listed mostly provide freeware, shareware, or evaluation copies of programmes that you can download freely, although some have begun to list free and open-source software (OSS).
The title of the programme should have been "Free vs Proprietary Software", not "Free vs Commercial Software". There are a number of free and open-source software projects that provide commercial grade products, and community and commercial support is available.
Ray Allen's comment about being able to use OpenOffice.org on any number of machines is one of the strengths of free or open-source software, and this is not because it is freely available, but more that the free and open-source licenses used allow people to copy, modify and distribute.
Thanks again for your programme, and the opportunity to create awareness in our community about OpenOffice.org and other open-source software.
All the best Jacqueline McNally Lead, OpenOffice.org Marketing Project ---///---
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