On 9 July 2010 00:28, Victoria Fultz <[email protected]> wrote:
> I went to your site for the first time, signed and downloaded your
> program-along
> with a virus that took days to fix.As I am taking on-line courses I have
> been on
> my computer for hour after hour re-programming.I bought serious
> anti-spyware
> along with virus detection and when I went to your forum red flags came up
> blocking your site.Is anyone paying attention to what you have going on
> with
> your downloads?I have been in many forumsNOT YOURS!!!!!!!!!!!! and the
> response
> blew my mind.It seems your site has quite a reputation for active virus'
> problems.What do you do,have stock in anti-virus software? A free download
> that
> costs over $150.00 to get rid of doesn't feel free to me .Take me off your
> contact list,mailing list, any communication feels threatening-I'm only
> replying
> to this as you contacted me.Myself and MANY others have reported you and
> I'm
> quite sure we'll be joined by many more victims of your unsafe downloads.If
> you
> weren't aware you are now .lose my info.......after much tribulation I've
> dumped
> yours.Your site is a potential threat to anyone downloading what you
> offer.It
> averages 56% active virus-those are pretty heavy odds of getting
> screwed,kinda
> like closing time at a country music bar.Country music sucks,bars suck and,
> pardon me-your site sucks.Peace out and good riddance.
>
>
>
Please specify *exactly* the site you are talking about. The
openoffice.org("OOo") software is entirely free: free to download and
free to use. Support
is also free via this mailing list and via several forums. The correct site
is www.openoffice.org
The OOo software is made available under a licence which allows other people
to sell the same software or modified versions of it provided the source
code is available for free to the purchaser. Some people sell OOo on CD at a
price (about USD10) merely to cover the cost of the CD plus P&P. They do
this as a service to those with slow and/or unreliable and/or expensive
internet connections. Other organisations sell OOo with enhanced
functionality and/or with additional services such as multi-site
installation support. But there is a third class of people who sell OOo to
the unwary (caveat emptor). This is particularly galling when they not only
charge for what can be had for free but also point their customers at us for
support. By the way, we are just *users* of OOo who volunteer time to help
others.
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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