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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 01:28 PM Original message |
Days after being bought by Microsoft, Skype starts installing crapware on Windows systems |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. of course |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. well, yeah... it's Microsuck and |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is why there needs to be a sticker program for each software license. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That is a really good idea |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. It's shit like that which long ago made me conclude that the EULA is not, cannot be, binding |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Too labor-intensive. Here's a simpler variation. |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Or you could just go with something like the GPL (or its variants). (NT) |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 06:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. +1 |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. How is that new or different from the normal Windows experience? nt |
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ikri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. Just one minor correction |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. Bad headline |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. Uh-oh. I was going to download skype this summer to use--but |
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digitaln3rd (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Judging by some of the links in that thread, |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. Let's face it, Windows is more of a marketing tool than an operating system. nt |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Skype is not the only |
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dickthegrouch (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Thank god I didn't use skype this weekend |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. Mac . . . . iChat . . . . part of the OS . . . . conncts to any "chat" identity, such as AIM |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
18. Jumping to conclusions, an art here..... |
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