On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 02:47, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:20, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > http://www.mandrakesoft.com/partners/advertising > > > > > no. > > > > I'm all for it. I replace the screensaver and bookmarks straight away > > anyway, and it's a simple way to fund your favourite distro. It's not > > as if we're seeing in-yer-face popups or anything. > > > > Cheers; Leon > > me doesn't use screensaver :) > nor default bookmarks :) > > about the install > ( may be will skip a CD install and will use urpmi.update && urpmi > --autoselect )
My point wasn't really about whether it affected us directly. Obviously it won't - given that we use Cooker, I don't know if we'll even ever *see* the offending adverts. The point is I think it's a horrible way of generating revenue which is being introduced by stealth - I only found out about this because OSNews discovered the page and flagged it up in a news story, I haven't seen anything from a Mandrake source announcing this, and it hasn't been mentioned on this list at all, which seems a little odd. I'm more concerned with the horribly unprofessional impression that an installation and first boot sequence plastered with adverts will have on a new user, compared to distributions which have none. -- adamw
