On 4 Jun 2008 at 14:39, Brian Barker wrote: > At 11:58 04/06/2008 +0100, Mike Scott wrote: > >I'm sure I've seen mention of these people before - they seem to > >offer OOo but need some sort of login, for which I assume you pay. > >The problem is, a contributor to a private newsgroup says they're > >part of the OOo project. I'm 99.999% sure they're not - but can't > >point to any evidence. > > One clue is the avoidance of any reference to the ".org" part of the > name of OpenOffice.org anywhere on the site (except in the domain ... > for payment. Oh, and the "Support" page offers help if you have > "questions about your billing" for this supposedly free product.
Ah, yes - missed that one. > > Is the newsgroup contributor in the pay of this outfit? If I were And I thought /I/ was the paranoid one :-) I doubt it though - this was on a virginmedia internal discussion group: someone had had problems downloading OOo, and a.n.other referred them to this mob. I thought I'd better step in - I hate to see someone about to be ripped off. I think I've made it very clear that the One True Site offers free, no-strings-attached downloads :-) I assume openoffice.org is a registered mark - could the other site potentially be 'done' for passing off with their site name? > I trust this helps. Yes; thanks. -- Permission for this mail to be processed by any third party in connection with marketing or advertising purposes is hereby explicitly denied. http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because of spam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
