pleekmo
Triptoe Through The Tulips
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join:2001-09-14
Manchester, CT
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| RE: Other AOL Badware; Vista Pricing
Two other pieces that could meet the definition of badware:
AOL Instant Messenger installs Viewpoint without a say-so and though it prompts for installation of the AOL Explorer browser, I know of at least one person (supposedly computer-competent) who failed to notice it and clicked right through it and had it installed.
AOL Triton doesn't supply any opt-outs at all. I personally will certainly never install Triton
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I guess Microsoft just doesn't get it. With prices like this, Vista is going to sink like a rock because no-one but the very richest are going to be able to afford it. Vista adoption will be slower than a turtle with lead weights. I say sell your Microsoft stock if you haven't already done so.
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Yauch
join:2005-06-24
|  Re: RE: Vista Pricing
So is this a comment in regards the article about how Microsoft is cheaper than Apple, or just a random Trolling? Either way, you're right to a point. I'm not going to spend that much on Vista, just to get a new shiny OS, with transparent toolbars. But, it's not like Microsoft sells any significant amount of licenses one at a time, their customer base comes from OEMs, and they aren't going to be selling people XP this time next year. |
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Cheese
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join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
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| reply to pleekmo
Re: RE: Other AOL Badware; Vista Pricing
said by pleekmo  :Two other pieces that could meet the definition of badware: AOL Instant Messenger installs Viewpoint without a say-so and though it prompts for installation of the AOL Explorer browser, I know of at least one person (supposedly computer-competent) who failed to notice it and clicked right through it and had it installed. AOL Triton doesn't supply any opt-outs at all. I personally will certainly never install Triton ---------- I guess Microsoft just doesn't get it. With prices like this, Vista is going to sink like a rock because no-one but the very richest are going to be able to afford it. Vista adoption will be slower than a turtle with lead weights. I say sell your Microsoft stock if you haven't already done so. AIM let's you check Yes or No to install it, and it doesn't bring up any other special window to say Yes or No. |
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tomj1226
join:2002-02-20
Allentown, PA
| dont forget about microsofts great products also
Hell, if that's the criteria we're going to use, throw in IE 7 as well. Since microsoft has decided to download this "critical" update to your computer without your consent, looks like we have a new baddie badware. "Badware" is a new term to me. Kind of like bad spyware eh?? |
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| On shills....
I'm STILL chuckling over former Clinton press liaison Mike McCurry's complaint that he was being attacked as a paid advocate, while "Vince" Cerf was not.
You all worship at Vince Cerf who has a clear financial interest in the outcome of this debate but you immediately castigate all of us who disagree and impune our motives. I get paid a reasonable but small sum to argue what I believe. --from his blog, as posted at: »www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-mccu···html?p=2
Of course, he was trying to go after Vinton "Vint" Cerf, who unlike former McCurry #2 stooge Al Gore, really DID invent the Internet.
The fact that McCurry remains a mouthpiece for the anti-Net-Neutrality forces shows how much they value slick presentation and media contacts over substance and accuracy.
calvoiper
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
1 edit | Nice... more broad silly patents....
Who'd of thunk it?
Lol.... No "Virtual Classrooms" allowed. E-learning is now patented. Pay up you thieving dogs who wrote all your own software from scratch on your own ideas....
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XBL2009
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join:2001-01-03
Chicago, IL
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Re: RE: Vista Pricing
Microsoft wants to sell 400 million copies in 2 years, I think it took Windows XP a few years to hit 200 million so I don't know how Microsoft is going to do that with those prices.
Windows XP was a great update for people using Windows 98/ME and an ok update for people using Windows 2000. Windows Vista isn't much of an upgrade for people who currently have Windows XP though at least no until it becomes a necessity in say 2010.
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