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D-Squared Can Resume Pop-Ups, For Now
linuxwrangler writes "According to this SF Gate article, U.S. District Judge Andre Davis said there was insufficient evidence for him to grant a preliminary injunction preventing D-Squared from using Microsoft's messenger service to send pop-up ads to Windows users. D-Squared used the Windows messenger service to pop-up ads as often as every 10 minutes. The ads promoted its product -- software to stop 'these unwanted and illegal pop-up messages forever with the click of a button' - a practice the FTC called 'high-tech extortion.'"
that the blame lies with Microsoft?
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
Let's all send a large box of manure to D-Squared headquarters, with a note inside saying "For only $29.95, you can stop these illegal and unwanted mailings forever!" Or better yet, disable the damn message service! Or even better still -- run Linux.
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
What, no Profit?
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
"Contine ad-infinitum, or the spammers get a clue, which ever comes first"
;p
No, ads infinitum are just what we don't want!
Sometimes it amazes me what windows users will put up with to stay on the microsoft plantation...
Seriously, of all the "problems" you listed the only one that is vaguely Microsoft's fault is the messenger one. The rest can be avoided by a little common sense like actually reading what you're clicking 'yes' to. Using a browser like Mozilla or even one of hundreds of popup blockers. Installing regular patches/driver updates.
Why else do they put up with it? Oh I dunno, maybe because like 95% of the software out there is made for WINDOWS? Or the fact that some of us would rather simply run an executable rather than compiling, making sure all the packages and libraries are installed, checking dependencies, endless sifting through man pages and newsgroups to figure out how to do the most trivial of tasks, etc ad nauseum. And stability? Have you even tried 2k or XP? I haven't rebooted my 2k box since I last turned it on a week ago.
Don't get me wrong, I think Linux has a very bright future and has a good chance of dominating over Windows someday. But the fact is, Windows is the still the most usable OS out there for the time being.
Now quit being the jerk you are and go help your wife with her computer problems.
The sending of this message pretty much inconveniences everyone involved.
Damn, there goes my business plan...err wait a minute...I...um, have a patent on those 10 steps, and in order to use them you have to pay me a license fee...yea, that's the ticket!!