Hello Allie, On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 05:17:46 -0500 GMT (21/11/02, 17:17 +0700 GMT), Allie C Martin wrote:
> Stick a pin. Sean wasn't actually complaining to Ritlabs. He asked > for a solution. I was replying to Dierk, who is using a "personal" version and made a bigger deal out of it than Sean. Sean didn't complain about targeted ads, either; Dierk did. > They listen, are reasonable and will make a change if their > customers present a good case. Yes, but I myself am not convinced a good case has been presented. >From a marketing POV, I fail to see the differentiation between the "personal" and the discounted "educational" version if it weren't declared in the header. Of course, it is up to Rit to sell an identical product at two different prices. It's only that I wouldn't do it. As for the serial numbers, a good case was presented, as the individual sender can be traced. The information "educational" is however much too general (except if you really want to target ads at students or teachers, in which case you wouldn't just rely on TB users). Your IP address tells me a lot more about you: where you live, whether you are on dial-up or DSL, and so on. Why not complain about lack of privacy in this case? What if TB doesn't show "educational" but my ISP is a university? Am I doomed? -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Sign in a Laundromat: AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT Message reply created with The Bat! 1.62/Beta7 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
