On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 06:26, Adam Williamson wrote: > 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.
*sigh* I love this distro, but ads as screensavers for products other than mandrake products is rather disappointing. I hope someone in PLF comes up with an easy package to get rid of the ads. But once I see an ad for Starbuck's, McDonald's or some other non-Linux or technology related product I'm changing distros. -- Nicholas Bolibruch - afxgrin Public Key - http://www.afxgrin.com/my_key.txt Coming soon ... - http://www.wildgirls.ca
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