Mary Jo Cooper wrote:
Your web site was brought to my attention as I lost Microsoft Office when my
computer crashed. I use spread sheets and write letters. Some are attached to
e-mails.
How private is this? When I down load this, will you then be able to search through my computer? Do I have to be on a mailing list? Do I have to pay you back (besides 'spreading the word' about you if I am satisfied with your product)? Will I now be allowing pop-ups and spam? By using your product, what is my actual contract with you and do I have a choice of how to 'pay' you or 'pay' you at all? By downloading your product, will I have privacy for the work I do while using it?
Thank you,
mj
Practice Random Kindness & Senseless Acts of Beauty
Dear Mary Jo Cooper,
I guess you did not know what Open Source Software are all about. You
should read more about it.
Read more here,
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
http://about.openoffice.org/index.html
http://www.fsf.org/
http://www.gnu.org/
There are no catches, no tricks, no cheating et cetera... in fact, you
can modify it and sell it if you want...
This is not like those software that says it is free but you must give
them your email address where they will send you junk and spam emails,
or include inside the software a feature that pops up advertisement to
your face everytime, or search your computer for something and send the
info back to the publisher, or all other kind of privacy-intrusion stuff
et cetera et cetera...
Free Open Source Software such as OpenOffice.org, is best described like
the phrase in your email "Practice Random Kindness & Senseless Acts of
Beauty"...is it not? and if you like it please do donate something to
them like a sum of money so that they can use it to continue developing
better software. I am sure they welcome your contribution warmly.
Be kind, always.
Regards,
Joe
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