-->-----Original Message----- -->From: Svetoslav Slavtchev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -->Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 12:32 PM -->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -->Subject: Re: [Cooker] um. -->Importance: Low --> --> -->> -----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
I must admit, I am not the most savvy Mandrake user out there...But I'm getting better every day. Unless something like Ads in the OS comes about. There are HOW MANY other Linux distros out there that don't have adware? This is a bad move. Oh....That's where I put those Red Hat CD's....Better dust em off. :)
