Comments on: Open Office Suite Scam http://techie-buzz.com/scams/open-office-suite-scam.html Know your technology head on Mon, 21 May 2012 18:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ned Careyhttp://techie-buzz.com/scams/open-office-suite-scam.html/comment-page-1#comment-33505 Ned Carey Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:11:05 +0000 http://techie-buzz.com/scams/open-office-suite-scam.html#comment-33505 Dintz,I bet a fair number. With the right marketing and packaging it should be easy to fool people. And the price is low enough that people would take the risk. But clearly people would find out very quickly that they had been ripped off.I thought that perhaps the license would not allow someone to resell it. here is a quote from the license FAQ "Selling a copy of a free program is legitimate, and we encourage it." Wow, they really believe in a free market free use, and the ability have complete freedom with the software.PS I hope this isn't duplicated, I had trouble getting the page to reload after commenting. Dintz,

I bet a fair number. With the right marketing and packaging it should be easy to fool people. And the price is low enough that people would take the risk. But clearly people would find out very quickly that they had been ripped off.

I thought that perhaps the license would not allow someone to resell it. here is a quote from the license FAQ
“Selling a copy of a free program is legitimate, and we encourage it.” Wow, they really believe in a free market free use, and the ability have complete freedom with the software.

PS I hope this isn’t duplicated, I had trouble getting the page to reload after commenting.

]]> By: Dintzhttp://techie-buzz.com/scams/open-office-suite-scam.html/comment-page-1#comment-33501 Dintz Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:52:06 +0000 http://techie-buzz.com/scams/open-office-suite-scam.html#comment-33501 I wonder how many people actually fell for that I wonder how many people actually fell for that

]]> By: PerfectMOney Share Ideahttp://techie-buzz.com/scams/open-office-suite-scam.html/comment-page-1#comment-33493 PerfectMOney Share Idea Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:12:22 +0000 http://techie-buzz.com/scams/open-office-suite-scam.html#comment-33493 at the first time Look this thread I dont know what is the scam about ,but then after I see the image,I know what the scam point is.yes it is free ,and yes actually it make the scam Envy.and perhaps he think "I wish I can make the OPEN office"I certainly will sell it $29 per package.oh boy.poor scamer at the first time Look this thread I dont know what is the scam about ,but then after I see the image,I know what the scam point is.yes it is free ,and yes actually it make the scam Envy.and perhaps he think “I wish I can make the OPEN office”I certainly will sell it $29 per package.oh boy.poor scamer

]]> By: Ned Careyhttp://techie-buzz.com/scams/open-office-suite-scam.html/comment-page-1#comment-33492 Ned Carey Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:06:17 +0000 http://techie-buzz.com/scams/open-office-suite-scam.html#comment-33492 is that much different form a book publisher charging for a book that has gone into the public domain and is available free on the internet?Yet I would agree this is slimy. Perhaps part of it is because the people who have created Open Office have done so at great expese in terms of time and dollars only to give it away free. is that much different form a book publisher charging for a book that has gone into the public domain and is available free on the internet?

Yet I would agree this is slimy. Perhaps part of it is because the people who have created Open Office have done so at great expese in terms of time and dollars only to give it away free.

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