Copy to Richard -------- Original Message -------- From: Alan Frayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon 19 Mar 2007 21:40:54 EST
> Richard E. S'Chevalier wrote: >> I just recently visited a web site where Open Office is being offered >> for sale in the amount of $11.95. This seems rather strange to me, >> especially when it may be downloaded from the Open Office web site for >> free. I have been using Open Office for nearly two years, and this is >> the first time my seeing it being sold on the internet. The web site >> also appears being tied in to the Sun web site, and using the Googles >> web site for payments. It just appears very strange that your free >> product is being sold by some persons, and it is my first time to >> learn of it. >> > > OOo has been sold on the Internet for years, and for the most part we're > okay with it. You see, not everyone has the ability to download the > product for one reason or another, so we have members of the community > who will sell CDs of OOo at on the average reasonable costs (typically > covering materials, postage, and time). It appears you've encountered > one of these members. > > What more commonly irritates us are those who charge much more and often > take credit for the work of others... until technical support is needed, > when they send their customers to our mailing list! > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
