Hi André, On 7/19/06, André Wyrwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well, wanna play stupid? Ok, let's play then. What is the benefit for you to present that viewer on a separate domain, rather than a subpage of your already existing softmaker domain? And what is the benefit of choosing "officeviewers" instead of "officeviewers.softmaker.com"? I guess you paid extra money for that independent domain name, so ... why? I'm not saying you don't have the right to do so, but could it be that you are using purposeful misguidance to attract people to your products?
Sees people rushing for the battlefield swinging their axes. Registering a domain name is a common way to promote a product or service. When someone creates a product or simply wants to promote it, getting as many people to go there is a common goal. Actually, it is a stepping stone to the ultimate goal of getting the person to act, whether that action is to buy something, learn something, download something, or whatever. The benefit is to get more hits, which turn into more actions, downloads, purchases, whatever. Was it a dodgy move for Microsoft to register microsoftoffice.com? I mean, they already own one domain name - and office.microsoft.com is the same page as microsoftoffice.com - so they don't really need microsoftoffice.com. They don't really need Windows.com either, I suppose. What about Apple? Does Apple really need to own itunes.com and ipod.comwhen they have apple.com/itunes and apple.com/ipod? I can understand you not liking the ads about OOo being, well, you know... But I don't get why the domain name bothers you. It's not like he registered openofficeviewers.com or anything, (which is available it seems, btw). But he could if he wanted to. There's probably enough room for a free viewer of various business-type files along side OpenOffice.org. But hey, let's just swing our axes some more and see who takes the longest to fall over dead. -- - Chad Smith http://www.gimpshop.net/ http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ http://www.chadwsmith.com/
