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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] You've got to be kidding
From:       Robert Citek <rwcitek () alum ! calberkeley ! org>
Date:       2002-12-30 19:51:57
Message-ID: 3.0.5.32.20021230135157.01c1f9b0 () mail ! earthlink ! net
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Why not just charge for OpenOffice, if they insist?  Burn it on a CD with
pretty CD art if they want a physical product.  See:
  http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom  (work in progress)
or
  http://theopencd.org (OpenOffice plus other OpenSource Sofware for Windows)

"Normally, we charge $500.00 for this top-of-the-line office productivity
suite.  But since you are a valued customer we'll give it to you for
$300.00, a discount of 40%."

You can even stick your company logo in and on the CD: 
  "OpenOffice 1.0.1: brought to you by <your_company_name>, the experts in
<what_your_company_does>"

It's a win-win-win: 
 - you get $300 (which, of course, you'll use to contribute back to further
OpenOffice development)
 - the customer get's a CD and a good feeling (wow! a CD at 40% off)
 - OpenOffice get's more awareness, i.e. more users, more feedback

Regards,
- Robert

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At 02:11 PM 12/30/2002 -0500, Sam Hiser wrote:
>Why dont you have a demo lit up, or offer StarOffice if they need to
>pay?
>
>
>On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 09:40, Terry Lewis wrote:
>> funny you should mention free versus cost (or M$ in this case), I work
for a small PC OEM, and many times people ask about M$ office and shudder
when we tell them the price, then suggest OO.o and they say "ooh, how much
is that?" and we say, "the cost of a CDR" and they go "oh no, its gotta be
M$ office..." why? cos it actually cost money? that means it will be better?
>> Maybe this is far from what your talking about as far as IT managers are
concerned and wotnot, but still, some people are still blinded by the lots
of money == superior.


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