That is interesting. I use a Help Desk/Inventory system called Spiceworks, that is free, with the caveat that the side bar has rotating ads. It's actually not too bad. They are not invasive at all, no popups over content, and they are ads specifically targeting the IT community. I've actually clicked on one or two that seemed of interest interest me. 25% of the screen tho, ich!
Bob On Nov 16, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Richmond wrote: > On 11/16/2010 06:53 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> Hey, back then 10 seconds was lightening quick for ANY application to >> launch! I can remember waiting a minute or more for Photoshop. >> >> Bob >> >> > I cannot get upset about a 10 second wait; as it takes about 4 minutes for my > Linux box to boot and > login, and 1 minute for my microwave oven to heat me up a cup of coffee the > whole 10 seconds > thing seems a bit silly. > > However; intrusive banners on standalones, as such, can be annoying. > > The whole thing reminds me of some idea I heard in the States when I was > studying over there > to give away free PCs that would be constantly connected to the internet and > have about 25% > of the monitor space taken up with ever-changing advertisements: probably > better not to have > a PC at all at that rate! > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
