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But seriously. One more reason to endorse no-bull Slackware. |
It's weird that Cannonical believes that they have the power to pull something like this off. Market share in a product segment where everyone's solution is free seems like it would be more fragile than that.
If I were an Ubuntu user, I'd be gone before any ink dried on press from this. Shuttleworth's quote: "Don’t trust us? Erm, we have root. You do trust us with your data already. You trust us not to screw up on your machine with every update." What an ass. How could anyone who continues to use this guy's product after this not be a considered a sap? |
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Wow! I think I'll write myself a new rule-of-thumb.
Politics, religion and Linux distros are taboo topics. I appreciated everyone's comments. Especially about contributing to Slackware in a meaningful way. :) DNA AKA mrascii |
Today I read several articles and blog posts about the new Amazon feature. They are not ads or ad banners. They are Amazon search results.
I don't use Ubuntu, but if I correctly understand the Ubuntu search tool (Lens), search criteria can be limited in scope to the local machine only and the Amazon searches can be avoided as well. Although possibly a tad more effort is required to avoid the Amazon searches in Ubuntu, fundamentally there is little technical difference from changing the search engine in Firefox from the default to Amazon. Seems the basic contention over this new feature is the proper way to implement --- opt-in vs. opt-out, separate search lens vs. integrated. In all, after the kinks are resolved, I'm guessing more Ubuntu users than not will like the new feature. I wonder what the response would be if Pat added a customized search engine to Firefox for the Slackware store? I'm guessing more Slackers than not would welcome the addition. Let the Ubuntu community design their system the way they want. :) |
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They say that they aren't ads because Amazon doesn't pay for them to be there, but in fact Amazon pays Cannonical a consideration for purchases through these ads. To intentionally treat those two as significantly different when communicating a position to media is intellectually dishonest, to be kind. |
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Alice's Restaurant By Arlo Guthrie I don't have a dog in this fight. :) |
Looks like Slackware is going to become my Linux of Choice now for myself and customer needs.
If Slackware ever includes ads.... it means Patrick is dead and someone else has taken over. |
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Only slightly off-topic
When I was "lurking" (browsing without signing in) on LQ earlier, there was an advert: "Date 10000 Asian Women". TEN THOUSAND??? At my age??? Be lucky if I could manage half-a-dozen! :) |
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