| Microsoft is Going the Way of the Dodo Why else would they buy a scumbag outfit like Claria? They might as well buy 180solutions while they're at it. And I thought Microsoft's reputation couldn't get any worse... I guess I was wrong. |
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 MikePremium,Mod
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Pittsburgh, PA | MS is good at running things into the ground. This might be one way to get rid of adware. Buy them out. |
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| said by Mike:MS is good at running things into the ground. This might be one way to get rid of adware. Buy them out. *is reminded of the simpsons episode where Homer is bought out.*
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Anyway's Microsoft shouldn't need claria, they if wanted could program their own spyware into windows and probably be able to get away with it/open Windows up to more infections.
I don't think theyre going to buy them then use the software... Or it's back to 100% mac os/linux for me! |
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 AnnaS8
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Annapolis, MD | reply to SweetDelight
That is a piss poor way to get rid of adware. They are like weeds. You get rid of one another pops up somewhere else. |
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How so? They aquired Giant Antispyware and improved it greatly and made it free. They themselves are averageing $30-40 billion in revenue every year.
How is this running things into the ground? |
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said by Mike:MS is good at running things into the ground. This might be one way to get rid of adware. Buy them out. Then companies will sprout up bearing the worst adware you can imagine with the sole purpose to be bought out (and shut down) by Microsoft. It will turn into a nice way to make a few million dollars relatively quickly.
I'm still scratching my head over this one, but I don't think Microsoft would plan on buying Claria just to shut it down. Then again, have we heard anything besides rumors on this? It could all be one big unfounded rumor that just got passed around one too many times.
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How so? They aquired Giant Antispyware and improved it greatly and made it free. They themselves are averageing $30-40 billion in revenue every year.
How is this running things into the ground?
Remeber, MSAS is free right now in Beta. It will eventually be a pay/subscription product! Micro$oft said that in the M$A$ release.
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| said by phxmark:said by ----------:
How so? They aquired Giant Antispyware and improved it greatly and made it free. They themselves are averageing $30-40 billion in revenue every year.
How is this running things into the ground?
Remeber, MSAS is free right now in Beta. It will eventually be a pay/subscription product! Micro$oft said that in the M$A$ release. They said it it would always be free. Someone sounds like they're behind.
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