Roberto Galoppini, the author of the post Larry links to, is a member of the Apache OpenOffice Project Management Committee (PMC).
The downloads for Apache OpenOffice have never been part of that mirroring effort. The downloads of Apache OpenOffice via http://openoffice.org/downloads/ and served by SourceForge are authentic versions and they can be verified with the digital hashes and PGP signatures provided for them (and carried on the Apache site, not SourceForge). News about a problem with inappropriate mirrored version is seriously out of date. It also had nothing to do with the download service provided for Apache OpenOffice. There is a problem with how the download page that appears after request for a download provides a miniscule indication that a download will start shortly, one far less obvious than the prominent ads that often provide download buttons and that lead unwary users to think it is necessary to click those buttons too. We continue to work with SourceForge, making use of Roberto's good offices, to avoid users downloading other software in the expectation they are obtaining Apache OpenOffice. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Larry Gusaas [mailto:larry.gus...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 18:49 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Open office on my Mac Air [ ... ] See their latest blog: http://sourceforge.net/blog/project-mirroring-policies-will-be-revisited-with-our-community-panel-existing-mirrors-removed/ -- _________________________________ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com "An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." - Edgard Varese --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
