OK, it doesn't sound that bad in the beginning, but this is a dangerous trend. Like displaying ads while installing, OK, but will this mean that usefull messages get less screenspace (ETA, actions, ...)
I'm also very cautious of big business getting a hold on Linux, this means it will get ruined and changed by marketing, like most good things. Just my thoughts, but if this goes any further, I'm going Gentoo/Debian or FreeBSD. On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 09:27, Charlie M. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > September 12, 2003 01:04 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > Ya'll read... Ya'll decide. > > > > Conversation is on pclinux. probably best to keep it there. > > > > http://www.mandrakesoft.com/partners/advertising > > > > http://pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7702 > > > > For the discussion please go to the second link... > > > > James > > 6to5 and pick 'em from what I've seen of that and other discussions. > > It bothers me not what they do as long as it keeps the company going. > I'll keep buying releases, testing cooker at every opportunity, and > advocate my ass off. I can ignore advertisements; as I do during the > little time I have to watch the tube. As long as they don't become > intrusive or start "mining" for personal data I couldn't care less. > > If they try that I'm outta here so fast I'll leave a fscking sonic boom. > > Charlie > - -- > Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org > Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-7mdk > 01:22:08 up 11:41, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.34, 0.45 > "Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown!" > - -- The Ghostbusters > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/YXVfG11CaRuZZSIRAnvIAJsGMSsCPz2QflK4hfktB+ZGao6D3ACfaGeQ > INL63+T3/9EwhbPYVZNA6OY= > =56xH > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com --
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