Werner wrote:
*To whom it may concern:
*
**
Some months ago I read about your free microsoft-word-compatible
application. I checked out your web site to ensure that it was really
free, and it was. It was destined for a friend of mine who wanted it
in German. Therefore I was redirected to your German site and asked
for personal information. Having just bought a HP computer, a lot of
personal information was asked for all the various applications
running on it, so no big deal about personal information.
Upon activating the download process, I was informed that this service
costs 8 euros a month, 96 a year. Freeware being freeware, I aborted
the process. A month later, my friend received an invoice for 96
euros. I replied that the program was not downloaded. No answer on
that but my friend received now a reminder for 96 euros.
Are you aware that your Free and Open Productivity Suite is made
payable when downloaded through a German site? If not, are going to
check into this matter? If you do check into it, I would appreciate
your intervention on my friend's behalf to invalidate the sneaky
invoice of *Content4u GmbH* (reminder attached), and keep me informed
of your actions.
Kind regards,
Werner M. Padrutt
There is nothing to stop someone from charging for something that is
otherwise free. Some of those vendors provide some value beyond
providing the software and others do not. The best recommendation is to
download from www.openoffice.org, where it can be found in various
languages and operating systems and is always free. That sites also
does not ask for personal information. There is also another package
called "LibreOffice", which is essentially the same package as
OpenOffice and also free. It can be found at
http://www.libreoffice.org. When you recommend the software to anyone,
please refer them to either of those sites.
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