Die Geschäftsinteressen von MS treiben immer gefährlichere Auswüchse:
Aus einer Newsmail:
"Now -here- is something that baffles me. I hear noises that in
its feverish quest to beat Google, Redmond seems to have gone
nuts. I can hardly believe my ears, but it seems for the last
two weeks, Microsoft has been in talks to buy Claria (formerly
known as Gator and one of the most hated companies in the world).
A year ago BillG railed against spyware, but now SteveB seems
to be trying hard to become part of the problem instead.
Claria is widely penetrated (40 million PC infected) and nasty
piece of adware. Microsoft's own antispyware beta tags the
Claria code and removes it!! What's even worse, allegedly they
were willing to pay 500 Million bucks for it. Why? It's the
world's largest database of personalized data on the surfing
behavior of those 40 million people. Shadows of Big Brother...
Let me get this right...umm, they say that spyware is bad.
They buy Giant company and give away antispyware beta code for free.
OK, I get it up to here. Now they plan to buy one of the largest
adware outfits on the planet for half a billion?? I'm suddenly totally lost.
It's wrong from so many angles I don't know where to start!
Steve Ballmer -can't- be serious by rewarding an adware outfit
for their unethical behavior and the aggravation they cause.
What message does this send to the rest of the spyware industry?
Fortunately, it looks like at least a few people in Redmond have
kept their sanity, as there seems to be internal opposition to
this deal. Perhaps these rebels leaked it to the media? Keep up
the good fight, you few remaining Redmond heroes that are PR- savvy
and have not gone to the dark side.
Microsoft, please say it ain't so..."
http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=050704ED-Claria
Hoffentlich behält die "internal opposition" die Oberhand
Erwin