> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote: > | sound almost great :( > | like in the famous linux browser opera (not that i like it or use it), > but > | > | "well if you want it for free, you'll have to see some adds, > | but go and get the full version -- noads, cheap " > > That's why I do not use it :-) Anyway, with a web browser you are going > to see the ads on the pages, so one banner in Opera more is not that big > deal. OS is a different matter though. > > As I wrote before, I have no problem with ads as such, but some things > are just way too intrusive - like the screen savers. Just read the > comments on Slashdot or under the original article, you will see how > many people are against something like this. > > Furthermore - I never saw an adware, which was capable of getting enough > income from ads to stay alive (unless there was another income source). > Is Mandrake really so desperate to do this ? If they go forward, it is > very likely that I will "upgrade" our 20 MDK 9.0/9.1 PCs to another > distro, not to Madrake 9.2. My users are not excited to see adds from > yet another source (we are innundated with enough spam, pop-ups, adware, > worms and lot of other junk already). >
i know, and i have the same opinion as you, but what can we do ?-( best, svetljo -- COMPUTERBILD 15/03: Premium-e-mail-Dienste im Test -------------------------------------------------- 1. GMX TopMail - Platz 1 und Testsieger! 2. GMX ProMail - Platz 2 und Preis-Qualit�tssieger! 3. Arcor - 4. web.de - 5. T-Online - 6. freenet.de - 7. daybyday - 8. e-Post
