Hi Daniel,
Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Indeed, you'd have to give people a very compelling reason to pay you > for it. > At the simplest level, if the cost is the CD is very low, a user with a > dial-up connection might decide that paying you $5 is more convenient > than spending 5 hours downloading. And in rural areas it might actually > be cheaper too (if they have to dial long distance). > If you want to charge more than a nominal price, you probably want to > add something extra, like a manual, or a support contract. You hit it right on the nail, and I agree entirely with your point...in theory. The case somewhat echoes Ghandi's words when asked about his thoughts on western civilization: "it would be a great idea". As you mentioned in your other post: > It's certainly true that a lot of people just want to take advantage of > OOo and scam people. And I get infuriated at those. But we have to > recognize that there /are/ legitimate reasons to sell OOo. I said I'd dig *very* deep in search of a scam, because unfortunately those legitimate cases are very rare, IMO. I'm not talking about OOo in particular here, because I don't know much about its distribution process and what actually goes on with it. I think it's a much more general and serious issue affecting our society, whereby those that scam people get rewarded and those that don't get stepped over. I didn't mean to imply that selling OOo should not be allowed, but rather that customers should be informed very clearly that it's a free product, so that they know what they're buying (packaging, etc.). -- Sebastian P. Luque --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
