On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Bjorn Nilsen wrote: > Since when did freshmeat.net start advertising microsoft products? > > http://aegir.valhalla.net.nz/~bjorn/fm.jpg > > Very depressing
Not really, fresh meat probably just sources ads from an ad broker. ie. Web sites like freshmeat concentrate on producing content that gets eyeballs. Brokers concentrate on getting companies to pay for ads. The content provider and advertiser probably never talk, and/or never even know each other. At most the content provider can insist on not displaying certain classes of ads for example no porn. Freshmeat probably can't say "no M$" to its broker, since it probably doesn't have a "only good karma" class of ads. Probably only porn / no porn. That's the banner biz for you, its all low margin and cut throat... John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Zealand A Million Monkeys can inflict worse things than just Shakespeare on your system.
