On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 12:47, Udo Rader wrote: > Am Fri, 12 Sep 2003 01:20:05 +0000 schrieb Adam Williamson: > > > http://www.mandrakesoft.com/partners/advertising > > > > ... > > > > no. > > I don't understand some peoples negative attitude towards advertizements. > A couple of month ago my company (a small OSS startup) has decided to > become a mdk partner for various reasons. At some point (depending on how > much money we will once invest into this partnership [which we haven't > done yet ...]) I think one can eventually expect some kind of pay-back. > > Yes I know, there are lot's of really _great_ voluntary contributors to > mandrake that may dislike ad's as screensavers but who will eventually be > hurt by this? > > I bet that all users at "a bit better than newbie"-level will be able to > install the regular screensavers as well. And in the end: screensavers > start up when there is no activity on the system - so why should I care > that much what is happening on my screen when I'm not using it?
As I said in my previous email, it's all about impression. Adverts immediately send the message "this product cannot support itself. it needs to sell other products to be viable." This is absolutely not the message you want to send out. Clear? I also absolute hate the fact that the way this is being implemented sets a precedent for the impairment of the actual functionality of the OS through adverts, which is the effect of putting adverts on the default home page and on the browser bookmarks. -- adamw
