Adam Williamson wrote:
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.
How are ads "unprofessional"? They might be an unpleasant reminder of the stark reality that some must pay for what so many take for free. Perhaps, if more downloaders (especially those enjoying the apparent wherewithal to run a laptop *and* a multiprocessor desktop ;p) would share their good fortune by supporting the Club, for instance, rather than promulgating rationalizations for not doing so, the ads would not be necessary.
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