2008/2/28, Per <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I fully agree with ccornell. Making people to feel dumb is WRONG..... > both here and in real life. > > One thought... why does so many people surf in to "the wrong" site that > cost them money... > and how is those people able to find this mail-forum _*after *_they > bought an CD/download for 29:95 or something like that. > > I tried to Google OpenOffice and I get hits that directed me to > www.openoffice.org. > > I think that most of the people that are going to www.openoffice.com > ets., and at least at this site (www.openoffice.com) they had "Free 24/7 > technical support" as one of the special features. > So why don´t they try to get support there? > > > I´m sure that the "dot-com adress" is something people think is the > "right" site and they surf in and buy an download.... > > 1. These people _*can´t know*_ that the right site has an dot-org > extension. Here it is important that OO.o community is more > visible in media, ads, etc, so people will recognice OpenOffice > and they will come to the right site.
I thought it was obvious since the name of the program is OpenOffice.org, not OpenOffice.com. 2. These people _*can´t know*_ that OpenOffice don´t cost anything, > ´cause they surfed in to the wrong place and bought an download, > paying for it. > > > More ads in media??? Is that a solution ??? Not sure, but if the > community isn´t visible, people don´t find the site.. > > > Best regards > > > // Per > > > > > ccornell - OpenOffice.org skrev: > > > > > People have been conditioned to believe that good software must be > > expensive software and that free software must be full of malware, > > spyware and viruses. You cannot fault people for thinking this way > > when you look at the computing world they have to face. We need to > > take this all into consideration when we explain to people that > > OpenOffice.org is free to download and free to use. For a large > > portion of the population, this is the very first time they have > > encountered open source software. It is a chance that we can educate > > them without making them feel dumb about it. Maybe we can help them > > make those first steps to breaking free from Microsoft vendor lock-in > > and see that there really are choices for office software, and even > > operating systems. > > > > C. >
