On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 07:17, Stefan van der Eijk wrote: > >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. > > > > > Interesting. People on this list seem only mention how *not* to generate > cash. > > This product is being developed by a company, i.e bills, salaries and > taxes need to be paid. > > Instead of complaining on how not to generate cash, could we perhaps > focus on finding an acceptable way for the $$$ to flow into mdk. We > (contributors) will also benefit from it.
Charge more, sell books, make the Club better, go busking on the streets of Paris...anything but adverts. ADVERTS. guh. -- adamw
