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Subject: Re: OpenOffice on eBay
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Louis_Su=E1rez-Potts?= <luispo@gmail.com>
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Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 15:40:22 -0400
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On 2012-05-18, at 14:18 , Chery wrote:

> It is free!          Who would buy it from you?   =20
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OpenOffice has always been sold on eBay and other similar sites. The =
advantage to the buyer is that she does not have to download the app., =
can have it around for future reference, may distribute it to those who =
otherwise cannot get it (yes, she could burn more and I hope she would), =
and so on. As well, quite often CDROMs and DVDs contain so-called =
value-adds. Could be set of (free) extensions or it could be templates, =
utilities, etc. It actually makes a difference in the minds of many, =
too, to see the physical object. This is especially so at conferences, =
where you want handouts, and elsewhere you just want people to try it =
out *now*.

And, lest we not forget the nature of our own circumstances, it actually =
costs *more* to download a large binary such as AOO than to buy a CDROM =
containing it (in your language, no less)! Yep: in many if not most =
parts of the world, bandwidth is costly and charged by the minute or =
byte or both.=20

The real point of "free" is the user's ability to work unencumbered with =
the binaries and source: to become not just another commodity but a =
producer in a community.

-louis


> -----Original Message-----
> From: SpindleHill Auctions [mailto:email@spindlehill.com]=20
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 1:05 PM
> To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: FW: OpenOffice on eBay
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> Hello,
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> I would like to get further information on how I could sell OpenOffice =
on
> eBay, either via download and/or CDROM. I have been selling on eBay =
since
> 2004, and I am looking to increase my inventory and sales. Thank you =
very
> much for your time and consideration.
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> Thank you,
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> Michael Gaudiosi
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> SpindleHill Auctions
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> email@spindlehill.com
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