On 05/09/2012 09:36 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> When you click through on the download button on the
> www.openoffice.org/download page, it should offer you a download for
> your platform and language automatically. Also, if you click through
> to "All platforms, source, languages, language packs" beneath the
> larger download notice, all of those download links go through mirror
> selection.
> 
> When a SourceForge download page opens, you have the option of
> accepting the download that is offered or of cancelling that (if it
> comes up) and trying "another mirror."  I see about 20 there.
> 
> This is the normal way of operating with SourceForge downloads.
> 
> If you want a different download than for the system you are
> accessing from, I am not certain what the drill is.  You might need
> to pick up one of the RC1 downloads from the committer snapshots
> page.
> 
> - Dennis

Thanks, found it:
  http://www.openoffice.org/download/notes.html
    http://www.openoffice.org/distribution/mirrors/#mirrors

Downloading from a mirror is convenient for me as I can use ftp/wget and
limit the download bandwidth. A standard web client downloads at full
bandwidth rate and, as a result, temporarily slows down web access for
other users on the line.

Gary

> 
> -----Original Message----- From: NoOp [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 18:36 To:
> [email protected] Subject: [Mirrors] was (Re: [ANNOUNCE]
> Apache OpenOffice 3.4 Released)
> 
> On 05/08/2012 06:05 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
>> The Apache OpenOffice Podling Project Management Committee is
>> pleased to announce the release of Apache OpenOffice 3.4, available
>> on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
>> 
>> Downloads are available at: http://download.openoffice.org
>> 
>> The full release announcement can be read here: 
>> http://www.openoffice.org/news/aoo34.html
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> - The Apache OpenOffice PPMC
> 
> Can you please advise where the mirrors page is located? I can't seem
> to find it on: http://www.openoffice.org/download/ or 
> http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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