On 2011/03/11 6:12 AM David B Teague sr wrote:
On 3/9/2011 2:34 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote:
Registering has never required an account or password. Are you sure you are using a
"genuine" version of OpenOffice.org downloaded from www.openoffice.org ?
Harold, I have been working on computers since 1978. I have been doing networking for about
half that time. I know to check for "genuine" versions of the software.
I fetched the installer from www.openoffice.org, and installed it. During the installation is
said something about registering, so I put it off. I went to
HELP > Register
This took me to Oracle's web site (YES I CHECKED) and I HAD TO CREATE AND ACCOUNT TO
REGISTER. And yes, this has NEVER happened before. At least not when SUN had it. There have
been several changes since Oracle acquired SUN, Java, and OO.o.
That is incorrect. You had to have a Sun account to register OOo.
I had no difficulty creating an account with Oracle. On the registration page I clicked on
"Create an Oracle.com account now". I filled in all the spaces for e-mail, password, name,
etc., then clicked "Create" and then had an account.
That the requirement for registration and account creation has not happened to you does not
mean it didn't happen to me. If you don't believe me, try to register your copy of OO.o.
You do not have to register OOo. If you do register, you have to create an
Oracle account.
*Now will someone please address the question of what benefit there is to the community to
registering? Is it sufficient to fight the difficulty of navigating that damn web site? *
It helps keep track of the number of users of each version of OOo.
Larry
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