How long before web site owners realise that
users are learning to kill the entire site the moment a popup appears on the screen.
A lot of people do not have powerful machines and fast connections. For them, a popup takes long enough to load, and causes such a loss of performance, that it can and must be killed ASAP.
No content is worth the risk of a case of popup escalation causing the machine to hang/crash.
Popups are about as good at getting customers as to buy as slapping them in the face with a wet fish.
Marketing was part of the story. However, as has been pointed out elsewhere in/. the main reason why MS is big today is piracy.
Everyone used M$ products cos everyone else does. What percentage of MS Office users have a legit copy at home?
People know how to use M$ products cos they learn at home on a pirate copy.
With XP on the horizon, M$ is actively shooting at its own feet. Many people will not be able to upgrade, because registration over the net is simply not feasible for them. (eg most of Africa and China) They will go on using Office97. People will have to stick to W97 for compatibility, because important customers cant read anything later.
At last the Upgrade path is NOT M$ - Suddenly Apple gets a second bite:-)
Apple doesnt need the piracy, because once people realise M$ is not the only shop in town, they will shop around.
REMEMBER - THE WORLD DOES NOT STOP AT THE SHORES OF THE USA! (And even if you have a 56k modem, its not much use if you dont have a phone at all.)
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How will it be enforced ... let me see, within Europe, we can use the law.
... Yes! We have a whole bunch of unused nuclear weapons in storage, and many are close to their "use by" date!
As for spam originating in the USA
How long before web site owners realise that users are learning to kill the entire site the moment a popup appears on the screen.
A lot of people do not have powerful machines and fast connections. For them, a popup takes long enough to load, and causes such a loss of performance, that it can and must be killed ASAP.
No content is worth the risk of a case of popup escalation causing the machine to hang/crash.
Popups are about as good at getting customers as to buy as slapping them in the face with a wet fish.
Marketing was part of the story. However, as has been pointed out elsewhere in /. the main reason why MS is big today is piracy.
Everyone used M$ products cos everyone else does. What percentage of MS Office users have a legit copy at home?
People know how to use M$ products cos they learn at home on a pirate copy.
With XP on the horizon, M$ is actively shooting at its own feet. Many people will not be able to upgrade, because registration over the net is simply not feasible for them. (eg most of Africa and China) They will go on using Office97. People will have to stick to W97 for compatibility, because important customers cant read anything later.
At last the Upgrade path is NOT M$ - Suddenly Apple gets a second bite :-)
Apple doesnt need the piracy, because once people realise M$ is not the only shop in town, they will shop around.
REMEMBER - THE WORLD DOES NOT STOP AT THE SHORES OF THE USA! (And even if you have a 56k modem, its not much use if you dont have a phone at all.)