Paolo wrote:
I'm writing to let you know that Open Office is sold on Ebay:
It is legal/acceptable for people to sell OpenOffice.org on eBay, or any other venue that they choose to sell it on, for whatever price they choose to attempt to sell it at. [I have seen OOo with a "buy it now" price of US$5 000.] Whilst the OOo project would like OOo vendors to contribute a percentage of their revenue to the project, that is not mandatory.
but I cannot tolerate that disonest people earn money with other people work.
There are legitimate reasons for wanting to buy OOo on a CD, rather than downloading it. * One example being that it is cheaper to buy the CD, than pay for the bandwidth. * A second example would be that the CD includes paid support. [ IOW, a phone number you can call 24/7 to solve problems you have in using the program.] * A third example would be that the CD includes macros, templates, and other things that are not part of OOo. * A fourth example would be the CD that is customized for corporate use. [Dictionaries do not contain words that are vulgar, obscene, or otherwise inappropriate for a business letter.] xan jonathon -- OOo can not correct for incompetence in creating documents from MSO. Furthermore,OOo can not compensate for the defective and flawed security measures used by Microsoft. As such, before using this product for exams that require faulty and defective software, ensure that you will not be unjustly penalized for the incompetence of the organization that requires the use of software that is known to be flawed, defective, bug-ridden, and fails to meet ISO file format standards. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
