Reply to all who have contributed so far to this discussion: I for one, appreciate the thoughts offered here. I am enlightened. Goodonya' for your thoughtful comments. My concerns have subsided, as I hope have those of the original poster. I guess we just have great respect for this wonderful program, such that one hates to see anybody take advantage of it. Obviously, many of you folks do too.
Perhaps these comments should be included as a topic in FAQ in Open Office, for I'm sure this issue will pop up again. Richard Perry On 12/26/05, Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris, > While there are some people that have patience to do a very large download > on dial-up, there are some computer users out in this world that only know > two functions to the computer: ON and OFF. The people on Ebay are > basically > doing a service for OpenOffice.Org and are NOT getting rich doing it. > Consider the costs of the CD's, labels, CD envelopes and shipping > envelopes...plus Ebay gets a percentage....they certainly are not making > money. > > One of the questions I answered when I downloaded OOo was the type of > support you could give the product. While I know they would like money > (the > first item), any support in getting the product out to the world is also a > very legitimate support. The only thing I would like to see these sellers > is the fact that the download is FREE for downloading on the Internet and > the CD is for their convience. > > Even M$ at one time would charge $4.95 for a copy of large upgrades if you > didn't want to do the download. It surprised me when they offered Windows > XP SP2 on a FREE CD (they didn't charge for shipping). > > Ray > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris BONDE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 12:46 PM > Subject: Re: [users] [eBay Sales with OpenOffice.org] > > > > > > > > richard perry wrote: > >> You are correct. It is a Free Open Source Program & they shouldn't, > >> but there are scammers in this world. Please stay concerned. > >> > >> Just another appreciative user. > >> Richard Perry > >> > >> > >> On 12/24/05, Richard Harpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> To whom it may concern, > >>> > >>> While browsing eBay I had noticed a very shocking thing: people are > >>> selling OpenOffice 1 & 2! I hope they have your blessing to do > >>> this??? I always thought OpenOffice.org was open source and free to > >>> download off your site? > >>> > >>> Just a concerned user, > >>> Richard Harpe > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > >>> additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > You're wrong, it isn't a scam. It's perfectly legal, and helpful for > > those who want OpenOffice.org but have a dialup connection. > > > > ======== > > I have dialup. It is not bad to download. I use a download manager, > > LeechGet, > > available on the OOo download page. I logon (dial up) start the > download > > manager > > to download OOo 2, then download my e-Mail. Sometime download e-Mail > > first > > then start the download manager, read e-Mail whilst downloading, and > > maybe a few > > otherthings, pause download manager, logoff. Later back on again. etc. > > Might take awhile but it does it. I usually have many things to do so I > > tend to multi > > task. > > > > Chris > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
