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Is Microsoft Office Adware?
An anonymous reader writes "Office may fall under Microsoft's own definition of adware. It links to third-party commercial add-ons, includes up-selling promos, requires cookies for certain functions, and collects technical information. While this is like a normal day on the web, should the commercial office suite be held to a different standard and possibly be considered adware? The article also notes that clicking advertising links in Office will bring up Internet Explorer, regardless of whether or not it is the default browser. We discussed Microsoft's decision to turn Works into adware a few months ago.
You obviously haven't been here very long, fanboi.
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Microsoft's rise was meteoric. Since its captain has not done what is needed to attain orbital velocity, it is going to come down like a meteor as well. Hopefully it will mostly burn up on descent and not impact the real world too badly.