Hi There I have been distributing OO Cds since 2002, from my website http://openoffice.org.nz/.
This is mostly an exercise in helping distribute OpenOffice, rather than a money maker. I sell the CDs for around $3.50 USD, and after all the CD printing, Package printing, CD Burning expenses there is no profit. I know this is not a huge contribution, however I have sold around 3,700 OO CDs in New Zealand over the last 10 years, which possibly helps in a little way. When I started this local project, internet speeds were slow, and many people found it difficult to download a big piece of software like Open Office, so a CD distribution option was really helpful. This is far less the case these days, however, some people still like to get nicely printed physical CDs. Anyway, it would be of great help to have a page like the one below reinstated as a link from the Open Office download page: http://www.openoffice.org/distribution/cdrom/sellers.html My suggestion for vetting distributors is two fold: 1) All CD distributors websites should have a clear indication that OpenOffice is free to download, plus a link back to the download page. 2) Maybe distributors should have to occasionally send a physical CD to someone in the Open Office distro team, so that they can vet the CD has the most recent version of the software on it. Thanks for listening Chris... -- Say it with Puppies: http://www.puppytext.com/ Get Freestuff: http://www.freestuff.co.nz/ Chris Maffey | maffey.com limited 126 Lonely Track Road, Albany 0632 Phone: +64 9 448 2192
