2009/11/7 Arthur Buijs <[email protected]> > Rob Clement wrote: > >> M Henri Day wrote: >> >>> 2009/11/7 Dotan Cohen <[email protected]> >>> >>> I'm trying to not be gulible, but can someone shed some light on this: >>>> http://www.openofficemouse.com/pr110609.html >>>> >>>> I notice that there is no Sun or OOo logos, so it really does not look >>>> official. Noticed here: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/1728228/Multi-Button-OpenOfficeMouse-At-OOoCon-2009?art_pos=13 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dotan Cohen >>>> >>> >>> >>> When I first saw reports on the «OpenOffice mouse», I couldn't help >>> thinking >>> that it was a spoof - 18 buttons ?!! Notice also that the URL is not >>> something on the order of «openoffice.org/mouse...», which one would >>> expect >>> if the mouse was an OpenOffice.org project, but rather >>> «openofficemouse.com...» But who knows ?... >>> >>> Henri >>> >>> >>> I checked on the domain using whois.sc and whoever set up this domain >> in Dec 2008 they have set it up with privacy on it. >> >> The domain currently expires in Dec 2009 >> >> In contrast OpenOffice.org is owner by Sun microsystems ltd >> >> It definitely looks a spoof >> > > I actually held this mouse in my hands at the OOoCon in Italy last week. It > exists and it seems to work. I talked to the guy that invented the mouse. > The mouse be used with other software too of course and yes it had a lot of > buttons and even a thumb joystick at the left side. I haven't actually seen > it in action. > > -- > Regards / groeten, > Arthur Buijs > Co-lead NL.OpenOffice.org > > http://nl.openoffice.org >
Thanks, Arthur, for this report ! Obviously, then, the mouse story is not a spoof and I stand corrected, but for the present I think I'll just stick with my three-buttoned versions.... Henri
