dave
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Re: Is Microsoft about to buy Claria/Gator ???
said by Tuulilapsi  :Gator? I sincerely hope this is not true. Not only is it an incredibly bad marketing move, it would also appear to be pointless. If Microsoft wanted to be heroes, they could use some of their cash reserves to buy up some adware companies, acquire sole rights to the particular technology used, and then ... do nothing with it. Kill it.
That wouldn't be pointless.
It might even save Microsoft some money: easier to kill the enemy than develop defences.
This is of course pure dreaming on my part. |
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TheJoker
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| said by dave :If Microsoft wanted to be heroes, they could use some of their cash reserves to buy up some adware companies, acquire sole rights to the particular technology used, and then ... do nothing with it. Kill it. The only thing that would do is encourage other malware companies to want to become the next acquisition buyout.
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Tuulilapsi
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If they actually do that, Dave, I'm going to use that as the basis of an entire new religion. Maybe I'll call it scientology. 
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dave
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not in ohio | Isn't scientology all about getting claria clear? |
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Tuulilapsi
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| Well, now that you mentioned it...
On the darker side of things, I don't see how even Microsoft could clear the name of GatorClaria.
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catseyenu
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Anyone that would reward a company like that is no friend to those concerned about security or privacy.
I'll bet the boyz over at 180 and CWS are pitching a tent just thinking what they could cash in on.  |
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