moo2
join:2003-02-14 | Well...
Time to switch to Linux I guess... |
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evermoresg
join:2001-08-02
Miami, FL | Possibly good?
I say this is a good idea. MS buys Claria, owns the IP, then sues all the adware vendors for patent infringement. *POOF* Eliminated the current forms of spyware.
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"I wish I wish I hadn't killed that fish."-Homer S. |
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lkicck
| reply to moo2
Re: Well...
Perhaps M$ will adopt the position that if they can't keep this stuff from being installed on the windows Operating system, then just buying the companies and getting rid of the software is the next best thing? |
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BetaTron
Sinz
Premium
join:2002-08-18
Brooklyn, NY | $$
Is MicroSoft running out of ways to spend it's money? |
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| reply to evermoresg
Re: Possibly bad?
Also consider the flip side: Microsoft "integrates" adware into Longhorn to the extent it can't be easily removed (see ref: IE) so we now have adware permanently put into our OS.
I can just see Clippy now:
"I see you are trying to write a resume. Would you like help? Visit CareerBuilder.com for all job-hunting resources. Office Depot has a wide variety or designer papers to give your resume that extra bite. Visit ePostage.com for customized postage instantly available on your home PC." --
"What gives them the right to come in and do this?" she said. - Lady complaining that she was getting FIOS in her backyard. |
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | If MS really wants to help its image...
They could buy them and shut them down. |
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | reply to cdru
Re: Possibly bad?
ugh.....oh man....ugh. |
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a
@qwest.net | reply to moo2
Re: Well...
cool, obviously ms will be able to turn them into something useful instead of a pain. |
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neftv
join:2000-10-01
Broomall, PA | reply to BetaTron
Re: $$
If they are running out of ways to spend money then they should talk to me. I work for a Non-Profit in need of money. |
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linicx
Caveat Emptor
Premium
join:2002-12-03
United State | reply to moo2
Re: Well...
I'm with you, I'll wait and see. Most of Gates ideas that were called dumb by experts were catastrophic by proportion. Rewriting IE is one example. It opened users to a 10K percent increase in SPAM, in the last say 7-8 years. |
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footballdude
Premium
join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO
| reply to cdru
Re: Possibly bad?
said by cdru  :I can just see Clippy now: "I see you are trying to write a resume. Would you like help? Visit CareerBuilder.com for all job-hunting resources. Office Depot has a wide variety or designer papers to give your resume that extra bite. Visit ePostage.com for customized postage instantly available on your home PC." Man, that sounds like a MLB broadcast!
"We're here in the top of the 3rd, and if the top of your house is hurting, call Frederick Roofing. For a hole in your roof or a whole new roof. The pitcher takes the mound, and if a mound of termites is causing you problems, call the Orkin man. We know bugs. Here's the pitch, a little outside for a ball. If you'd like perfect pitch, call Martina's voice studio now and you could become the next American Idol! The batter takes another ball low, but not as low as the rates at Equity Mortgage!" Etc, Etc.
Advertising has crept into all forms of entertainment. If MS sells out, there will be no refuge. |
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footballdude
Premium
join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO
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Re: If MS really wants to help its image...
said by russotto :They could buy them and shut them down. Can't see how that would help. No shortage of spyware creeps out there. Either MS is selling out to spyware or it's buying the company to learn all of the ropes so that it can fight it more effectively. It would be cheaper to just hire an ex-employee of Claria, though. |
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the niTz
Premium
join:2004-07-05
Sahuarita, AZ | reply to russotto
but then others will pop up cause they think they will make money off of ms, it will end up worse then before |
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GercekSeytan
Rockin' with Raki
Premium
join:2001-10-19
Turkey
 ·TTNet
| I've No Idea What...
...Claria's personalization software is or means, but I think it is definitely a bad move from a PR stance and it does qualify as one those things that cause me to go "hmmm" and look over my shoulder (virtually speaking, of course). 
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"It is the black heart of Islam, not the black face, to which millions object." Will Cummins: »www.sport.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.. |
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Primis1
join:2005-06-13
Coldwater, MI
| Sky's Not Falling.... Yet
Don't everyone jump to conclusions about this.
For one thing, MS obviously knows (and knew) even thinking about this would be controversial. So they'd have to have a pretty good plan or reasoning (at least to them) to even have it get this far.
Secondly, if it's true I can't believe MS would want Claira just to use them in quite the same way. It's quite possible MS wants to use their tracking technology in some other way (something totally off-the-wall even that we haven't thoguht of but someone there has), and it'd be easier for them to buy Claria and modify from there on instead of starting their own from scratch. In which case... if it can potentially make a splash I wouldn't blame them for taking the PR hit for even considering it.
That's my thought -- they maybe don't want to track for advertising purposes, and they don't want to use it to fight spy/ad-ware. They want its tech to use for something completely different. |
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paperghost
join:2005-04-13
1 edit | June 1st:
"In a surprising move, Sean Sundwall, Senior Corporate PR Manager at Microsoft, is taking the job of Director of Corporate Communications at 180Solutions/Zango.com."
Conspiracy! Conspira...
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rgillis70
Premium
join:2002-12-30
Herndon, VA | reply to neftv
Re: $$
I too work fo a non-profit. But we are not in need of money.
However I am in need of money.
Send it my way - Bill - I can handle it.  |
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bassnguitar
join:2003-09-11
Imperial, MO
clubs: | reply to footballdude
Re: Possibly bad?
You forgot the frosty ice cold Busch Beer!!! |
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techteam9
join:2005-06-17
Meadville, PA | M$ - Silly!
I might as well just turn off my Internet connection now...
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garagerock
Premium
join:2002-06-14
Louisville, KY | CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet
"buy em out, boys".... |
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