Seriously, I've had people look at me blankly when I told them to click the start button. Installing a plugin is more than clicking yes when you're prompted. It's knowing which plugin you want to install, knowing which vendors you can trust, and knowing where to get the plugin. Not to mention knowing why the hell you would want the plugin in the first place.
Maybe if Google was as mercenary as these adware f*ckers and had popups on their own site saying "If you can see this popup, you may be at the mercy of mercenary adware f*ckers. Install our plugin to protect yourself!" then this wouldn't be an issue...
I dig what you say but I can't help but feel that the statement:
For those of us who watched carefully we knew that the real money to be made in the world of software would be in support and support applications.
...is pure conjecture and weakens the rest of your argument significantly. There are a very many number of companies who make "real" money through the sale of software, including the 800 pound gorilla from Redmond. It doesn't seem right to me to assert that a relatively untested business model is where the real money is when current evidence is in fact to the contrary.
Windows/IE is the simplest browsing option out there for sure. Case in point being that it can be sold, supported and used by simpletons.
Unfortunately for all the schmoes who use IE and don't know how to install a plugin, I don't see Microsoft adding popup blocking to IE any time soon. Microsoft is in the content business with MSNBC and people in the content business still seem to see popups as a revenue source instead of a turnoff to most of their customers.
Slashdot Mirror
Edward Teller: advocated the use of nuclear weapons for everything from digging holes to brushing teeth.
Charles Simonyi: primarily responsible for the creation of Microsoft Office and Hungarian notation. *shudder*
Coincidence or evil Hungarian conspiracy?
Seriously, I've had people look at me blankly when I told them to click the start button. Installing a plugin is more than clicking yes when you're prompted. It's knowing which plugin you want to install, knowing which vendors you can trust, and knowing where to get the plugin. Not to mention knowing why the hell you would want the plugin in the first place.
Maybe if Google was as mercenary as these adware f*ckers and had popups on their own site saying "If you can see this popup, you may be at the mercy of mercenary adware f*ckers. Install our plugin to protect yourself!" then this wouldn't be an issue...
I dig what you say but I can't help but feel that the statement:
...is pure conjecture and weakens the rest of your argument significantly. There are a very many number of companies who make "real" money through the sale of software, including the 800 pound gorilla from Redmond. It doesn't seem right to me to assert that a relatively untested business model is where the real money is when current evidence is in fact to the contrary.
For those of us who watched carefully we knew that the real money to be made in the world of software would be in support and support applications.
Windows/IE is the simplest browsing option out there for sure. Case in point being that it can be sold, supported and used by simpletons.
Unfortunately for all the schmoes who use IE and don't know how to install a plugin, I don't see Microsoft adding popup blocking to IE any time soon. Microsoft is in the content business with MSNBC and people in the content business still seem to see popups as a revenue source instead of a turnoff to most of their customers.