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Posted to users@openoffice.apache.org by Alex Stillwell <al...@talktalk.net> on 2015/12/14 10:32:14 UTC
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Hi
I would like to download the latest update but keep getting other material to update. I am a silver surfer and would like to download just the latest Open Office and then be able to add on one at a time. You have me down as a business – yes, I write books and sell them but I am not a CEO or anything else and do not earn sufficient to pay tax on it. And I do not see what it has to do with you and why I have to give this information before downloading. I would be happy to fill in a questionnaire, unfortunately I find your attitude very aggressive.
your sincerely Alexandra Stillwell
Re: download
Posted by "Keith N. McKenna" <ke...@comcast.net>.
Alex Stillwell wrote:
> Hi Rory
>
> Thank you very much for your help, I'll have another go. I offered to
> help Open Office a while ago, I am an ex teacher and author and thought
> I would help with keeping wording suitable for non computer literates
> like myself, but I am not sufficiently computer literate to be part of
> the team.
>
> Best wishes to all at Open Office
>
> Alex
>
Alex;
Your writing and teaching skills could be of great value to the
documentation effort currently underway. Take a look at the
Documentation Orientation page at
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html. I look forward
to seeing you on the documentation team.
Regards
Keith N. McKenna
> -----Original Message----- From: Rory O'Farrell
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 11:06 AM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Cc: Alex Stillwell
> Subject: Re: download
>
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:32:14 -0000
> "Alex Stillwell" <al...@talktalk.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I would like to download the latest update but keep getting other
>> material to update. I am a silver surfer and would like to download
>> just the latest Open Office and then be able to add on one at a time.
>> You have me down as a business – yes, I write books and sell them but
>> I am not a CEO or anything else and do not earn sufficient to pay tax
>> on it. And I do not see what it has to do with you and why I have to
>> give this information before downloading. I would be happy to fill in
>> a questionnaire, unfortunately I find your attitude very aggressive.
>>
>> your sincerely Alexandra Stillwell
>>
>
> If you are getting other material, this is because OO is opensource and
> many sites manipulate search engines so that they come high on the hit
> list, and compile OO with unwanted add-ons or charge for it with
> spurious offers of support, or as you are finding have (amongst other
> things) intrusive questionaires.
>
> The aggression you report is coming from such a rogue site, which is
> nothing to do with the OpenOffice project.
>
> I suggest you remove the existing print of OpenOffice, run indepth
> Macware and antivirus scabs, then follow my suggestions below.
>
> OpenOffice should be downloaded _only_ from
> http://www.openoffice.org/download
>
> This site will redirect you to a SourceForge site and your download will
> start in about five seconds with no need to click on anything else (Do
> NOT click on anything else).
>
> One can verify that the downloaded file is as it left the code factory
> by the methods described in
> http://www.openoffice.org/download/checksums.html
>
> When you install, you will be asked to enter your name and initials.
> This is only for internal use on your computer to identify you from
> other users on the same computer (such as other family members). This
> information is not (repeat: NOT) transmitted outside of your computer.
>
> We recommend downloading only from the above site.
>
Re: download
Posted by Alex Stillwell <al...@talktalk.net>.
Hi Rory
Thank you very much for your help, I'll have another go. I offered to help
Open Office a while ago, I am an ex teacher and author and thought I would
help with keeping wording suitable for non computer literates like myself,
but I am not sufficiently computer literate to be part of the team.
Best wishes to all at Open Office
Alex
-----Original Message-----
From: Rory O'Farrell
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 11:06 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: Alex Stillwell
Subject: Re: download
On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:32:14 -0000
"Alex Stillwell" <al...@talktalk.net> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I would like to download the latest update but keep getting other material
> to update. I am a silver surfer and would like to download just the latest
> Open Office and then be able to add on one at a time. You have me down as
> a business – yes, I write books and sell them but I am not a CEO or
> anything else and do not earn sufficient to pay tax on it. And I do not
> see what it has to do with you and why I have to give this information
> before downloading. I would be happy to fill in a questionnaire,
> unfortunately I find your attitude very aggressive.
>
> your sincerely Alexandra Stillwell
>
If you are getting other material, this is because OO is opensource and many
sites manipulate search engines so that they come high on the hit list, and
compile OO with unwanted add-ons or charge for it with spurious offers of
support, or as you are finding have (amongst other things) intrusive
questionaires.
The aggression you report is coming from such a rogue site, which is nothing
to do with the OpenOffice project.
I suggest you remove the existing print of OpenOffice, run indepth Macware
and antivirus scabs, then follow my suggestions below.
OpenOffice should be downloaded _only_ from
http://www.openoffice.org/download
This site will redirect you to a SourceForge site and your download will
start in about five seconds with no need to click on anything else (Do NOT
click on anything else).
One can verify that the downloaded file is as it left the code factory by
the methods described in
http://www.openoffice.org/download/checksums.html
When you install, you will be asked to enter your name and initials. This
is only for internal use on your computer to identify you from other users
on the same computer (such as other family members). This information is not
(repeat: NOT) transmitted outside of your computer.
We recommend downloading only from the above site.
--
Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
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Re: download
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:06:46 +0000
Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:32:14 -0000
> "Alex Stillwell" <al...@talktalk.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I would like to download the latest update but keep getting other material to update. I am a silver surfer and would like to download just the latest Open Office and then be able to add on one at a time. You have me down as a business – yes, I write books and sell them but I am not a CEO or anything else and do not earn sufficient to pay tax on it. And I do not see what it has to do with you and why I have to give this information before downloading. I would be happy to fill in a questionnaire, unfortunately I find your attitude very aggressive.
> >
> > your sincerely Alexandra Stillwell
> >
>
> If you are getting other material, this is because OO is opensource and many sites manipulate search engines so that they come high on the hit list, and compile OO with unwanted add-ons or charge for it with spurious offers of support, or as you are finding have (amongst other things) intrusive questionaires.
>
> The aggression you report is coming from such a rogue site, which is nothing to do with the OpenOffice project.
>
> I suggest you remove the existing print of OpenOffice, run indepth Macware and antivirus scabs, then follow my suggestions below.
Typo correction (sorry for not proofing, but I'm doing several things at once, dependant on a slight break in the weather!)
I suggest you remove the existing print of OpenOffice, run indepth MALWARE and antivirus SCANS, then follow my suggestions below.
>
> OpenOffice should be downloaded _only_ from
> http://www.openoffice.org/download
>
> This site will redirect you to a SourceForge site and your download will start in about five seconds with no need to click on anything else (Do NOT click on anything else).
>
> One can verify that the downloaded file is as it left the code factory by the methods described in
> http://www.openoffice.org/download/checksums.html
>
> When you install, you will be asked to enter your name and initials. This is only for internal use on your computer to identify you from other users on the same computer (such as other family members). This information is not (repeat: NOT) transmitted outside of your computer.
>
> We recommend downloading only from the above site.
>
> --
> Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
>
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Re: download
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:32:14 -0000
"Alex Stillwell" <al...@talktalk.net> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I would like to download the latest update but keep getting other material to update. I am a silver surfer and would like to download just the latest Open Office and then be able to add on one at a time. You have me down as a business – yes, I write books and sell them but I am not a CEO or anything else and do not earn sufficient to pay tax on it. And I do not see what it has to do with you and why I have to give this information before downloading. I would be happy to fill in a questionnaire, unfortunately I find your attitude very aggressive.
>
> your sincerely Alexandra Stillwell
>
If you are getting other material, this is because OO is opensource and many sites manipulate search engines so that they come high on the hit list, and compile OO with unwanted add-ons or charge for it with spurious offers of support, or as you are finding have (amongst other things) intrusive questionaires.
The aggression you report is coming from such a rogue site, which is nothing to do with the OpenOffice project.
I suggest you remove the existing print of OpenOffice, run indepth Macware and antivirus scabs, then follow my suggestions below.
OpenOffice should be downloaded _only_ from
http://www.openoffice.org/download
This site will redirect you to a SourceForge site and your download will start in about five seconds with no need to click on anything else (Do NOT click on anything else).
One can verify that the downloaded file is as it left the code factory by the methods described in
http://www.openoffice.org/download/checksums.html
When you install, you will be asked to enter your name and initials. This is only for internal use on your computer to identify you from other users on the same computer (such as other family members). This information is not (repeat: NOT) transmitted outside of your computer.
We recommend downloading only from the above site.
--
Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
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Re: download
Posted by Alex Stillwell <al...@talktalk.net>.
Hi James
I am impressed by how many have answered to help me. OO is an excellent
group and I will have another go.
Best wishes to all
Alex
-----Original Message-----
From: James Knott
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 12:15 PM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; alexstillwell@talktalk.net
Subject: Re: download
On 12/14/2015 04:32 AM, Alex Stillwell wrote:
> Hi
>
> I would like to download the latest update but keep getting other material
> to update. I am a silver surfer and would like to download just the latest
> Open Office and then be able to add on one at a time. You have me down as
> a business – yes, I write books and sell them but I am not a CEO or
> anything else and do not earn sufficient to pay tax on it. And I do not
> see what it has to do with you and why I have to give this information
> before downloading. I would be happy to fill in a questionnaire,
> unfortunately I find your attitude very aggressive.
>
Are you downloading from www.openoffice.org? If not, you may be getting
something you don't want or be charged for it. OO is a free download
and it makes no difference if you're a business or not.
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Re: download
Posted by James Knott <ja...@rogers.com>.
On 12/14/2015 04:32 AM, Alex Stillwell wrote:
> Hi
>
> I would like to download the latest update but keep getting other material to update. I am a silver surfer and would like to download just the latest Open Office and then be able to add on one at a time. You have me down as a business – yes, I write books and sell them but I am not a CEO or anything else and do not earn sufficient to pay tax on it. And I do not see what it has to do with you and why I have to give this information before downloading. I would be happy to fill in a questionnaire, unfortunately I find your attitude very aggressive.
>
Are you downloading from www.openoffice.org? If not, you may be getting
something you don't want or be charged for it. OO is a free download
and it makes no difference if you're a business or not.
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