There are thousands of websites that tell you how to make money on Internet. There are thousands of people who actually make money everyday by selling information on the Internet. Selling software online is as old as the Internet itself. What is surprising is people sell free and open source software to those who are technically less qualified. There have been numerous cases where people have sold information and commodities freely available for general public. People who don't know how to obtain free software and information are exploited very often. In the information age ignorants are taxed.

On the openoffice.org user's mailing list there are few reports of such incidents. Johhny goes to Microsoft site or contacts some Microsoft reseller and gets to know the price for Microsoft Office suite. He thinks the price is way too much and currently not affordable. Johnny now looks for alternatives. Spends some time Googling around and finally visits ebay.com. A quick search for office suite gives him few interesting links. His eye now catches the cutting edge software with a price tag of only $49. He finds another item with similar specs for only $10. After weighing pros and cons of the two competing software he decides to buy the one with the price tag of $49. He completes the transaction by paying from his credit card.