____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 18 July 2007 10:07 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Microsoft patents the mother of all adware systems
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| The adware framework would leave almost no data untouched in its quest to
>>| sell you stuff. It would inspect "user document files, user e-mail files,
>>| user music files, downloaded podcasts, computer settings, computer status
>>| messages (e.g., a low memory status or low printer ink)," and more. How
>>| could we have been so blind as to not see the marketing value in computer
>>| status messages?
>> `----
>>
>>
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070717-microsoft-patents-the-mother-of-all-adware-systems.html
>
> The bit about the user/customer/consumer having no control at all is
> perhaps fairly unsurprising!
They want to take spyware from the Web to people's desktops (wired or wireless
connection will do).
Sorry, Linonut, for I only /later/ realised it was a dupe. Even so, posting
such shocking things twice (even accidentally) is justified in this case. This
is the sort of eye opener (among more) that drive many people to Linux
immediately. Apple cannot be trusted either. I've seen some blog posts.
Windows users are disgusted by this.
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