Microsoft does not sell ad space on any of the Microsoft.com sites. So I
don't know how I'd see any Dell ads when I update.
And Microsoft has already said that the information would not be
personally identifable. So that would pretty much mean that I couldn't
be targeted with ads based on my hardware profile.
You want to know what I see as a bigger problem than Microsoft knowing
what type of PC I use? All of these "pre-approved credit" notices I get
in my mailbox. I don't like the idea of people sharing real, personally
identifable information about my finances without my knowledge or
consent. THAT is what bothers me, not if I get a popup for a Dell PC or
something equally as trivial.
Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 11:59 AM 26/07/2005, Ben Ruset wrote:
I mean, who really cares if Microsoft knows that I use a Toshiba laptop?
Toshiba might, if MS sold the information to Dell. How about getting a
Dell ad when you download updates on your Toshiba notebook? The inverse
question if more important - who really cares if they *don't* know that
you use a Toshiba notebook?
