2009/7/31 Harold Hagar <[email protected]> > I can't download openoffice. I have worked on it for more than 2 hours and > it will never will let me download, it keeps giving me the run around. I > have registred but it keeps saying my password is invalid. It can't be > invalid. I just registered and have never got to download ofice yet.
I think you've been conned. OpenOffice is free to download and to use. It does not require any password to download or use and you don't have to register for anything[1]. The correct web site is <www.openoffice.org>. Documentation is also free, from the web site, as is support via this mailing list. There is also a web forum, for which you do need to register [free] before posting. This is at < http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/index.php>. It is perhaps unfortunate that, under the terms of the licence, people are allowed to charge for OpenOffice. Some people make a small charge for supplying the software on CD; this offers a service to those with slow/expensive/unreliable internet connections. Others charge for additional facilities and/or services such as training or installation support. But there is a third group who are simply out to make a fast buck by charging for something that can be had for free and not providing any additional service. What is maore galling is that those people will point their customers at us for support :-) FYI "we" are merely users of OpenOffice who volunteer time to help others. If you have paid money to someone for "OpenOffice" and if you paid via a credit card, you *might* be able to recover your money via your credit card company or by forcibly pointing out to the vendor that s/he is charging for something that can be had for nothing. [1] Note that when you install the software it will ask you to register (no passwords required). You do *not* have to do this - just say "never register". The authors of the software ask you to register so they can track approximately how many copies are in use, roughly where and on which platforms (Windows, Linux, ...). -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
