Would you like Open Office with that?

7 Responses to “Would you like Open Office with that?”

1. josh Says:
   October 5th, 2007 at 23:56

   Now that’s… Microsoft’s way of doing things…

2. Chris Till Says:
   October 6th, 2007 at 00:17

   Exactly what I was going to say… except in the past they wouldn’t even ask you that question you’d just get it shoved onto your system…

3. Luna Love Says:
   October 8th, 2007 at 08:20

   Wow. Considering Open Office is not Microsoft… tis an Open Source program… lol
   What’s up with that?!?!?
   Thank god thier “asking” you now though… lmao

4. Sam Says:
   October 14th, 2007 at 22:34

   I saw this a few days ago too while upgrading a system. The worst part about that prompt is that it doesn’t seem to give you a choice - seems like if you want Java updated, you’re gonna have to get OpenOffice (which I didn’t want, yes, even if it’s free - oh the blasphemy!)

   The following dialog isn’t great either - confusing, and does nothing to sell OpenOffice either. OpenOffice/Sun need to learn some tricks from Microsoft, Google and Yahoo! (and maybe some spyware writers too) who do such a great job at bundling their toolbars if they want to get anywhere.

5. daniel Says:
   October 16th, 2007 at 13:10

   I updated Java without getting OpenOffice, and don’t recall having to jump through any hoops.

6. Sam Says:
   October 16th, 2007 at 21:22

   daniel, if you were talking to me - I guess I wasn’t very clear. I know if you follow through the prompts only Java is installed, in fact, the only way to get OpenOffice is if you click on the hyperlink in the following dialog.

   What I was pointing out was that when you *first see that balloon popup*, it seems like the two come together without a choice.

7. daniel Says:
   October 16th, 2007 at 21:26

   Oh right. Yeah, that’s true Sam!

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