How are things going to change for Claira

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What are they just not going to collect as much
information about a person or what or display less ads?
I don't want any spyware programs on my computer at all
and especially not by Microsoft and I'm sure a lot of
other users of Windows feel the same way.

I don't care if they change Claria for the better or the
worse, it still doesn't mean I want to be a part of it,
because I don't. I don't want those kinds of programs on
my computer.

I thought Microsoft changed till I read this today and I
was not pleased and I sure am not pleased. When they
said they would offer their antispyware free to lisenced
customers of Windows, I was pleased, but not now. It
seems like they want to protect against it, but also
implement their own spyware/adware into Windows? I mean
come on Microsoft you can't be on your users side. I
thought you wanted to eliminate it, not become part of
the problem.
 
Andre Da Costa laid this down on his screen :
Its made by humans, it can be changed.
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This is really sad and I can see the EULA
in front of me from MS about this.

And who are these 43 million users ? And what benefits do they get from
this ?

Cheaper milk or Coca Cola ?

"The difference is Claria's deep insights into consumer online
behavior. Claria allows advertisers to target consumers based on their
individual needs and interests resulting in industry leading ROI, not
mass demographically targeted Web site populations. In addition to its
advertising network, Claria provides marketing research and business
insights through its Feedback Research division. Feedback Research
delivers in-depth analytics of consumer Web usage patterns across the
entire Internet using the industry's largest online panel of consumers.
It also provides full service custom marketing research to Fortune 1000
clients. With exclusive access to the GAIN Network's 43 million
consumers, Feedback Research surveys hard to reach consumers, based on
their individual online behavior, quickly and cost-effectively. "

Really strange !
 
-----Original Message-----
What are they just not going to collect as much
information about a person or what or display less ads?
I don't want any spyware programs on my computer at all
and especially not by Microsoft and I'm sure a lot of
other users of Windows feel the same way.

I don't care if they change Claria for the better or the
worse, it still doesn't mean I want to be a part of it,
because I don't. I don't want those kinds of programs on
my computer.

I thought Microsoft changed till I read this today and I
was not pleased and I sure am not pleased. When they
said they would offer their antispyware free to lisenced
customers of Windows, I was pleased, but not now. It
seems like they want to protect against it, but also
implement their own spyware/adware into Windows? I mean
come on Microsoft you can't be on your users side. I
thought you wanted to eliminate it, not become part of
the problem.
.
Click to expand...

So let me get this straight? You are upset that MS will
not provide a piece of software to a person with an
unlicensed copy of Windows for free? Hmmmm perhaps you
should write a letter to Bill Gates saying something like
this:
Dear Bill,
I have a pirated copy of Windows that has somehow
acquired spyware. I'm sorry I did not pay you for your
product to begin with but I was doing time for shop
lifting already and couldn't find a job. So could you be
a nice, understanding man and give me your software for
free? Thank you......Sincerely, The Moron!

What the hell did you think they would do? Help people
who steal from them?
 
The news claims MS was willing to pay $500 million for Claria
(http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/30/technology/30soft.html.) Cisco paid $500
million to buy Linksys (http://news.com.com/2100-1035-993457.html) and it is
disguisting to think that Microsoft would provide Claria, the company that
practically invented Spyware, such a huge payday. Microsoft has done a lot
of things right in the last 3 years (the Trustworthy Computing initiative
was an enormous success) but this would be a large step in the wrong
direction.

The article claims that Microsoft is eager to catch-up to Google. The irony
is that Google endears itself to users while Microsoft has a rather serious
image problem. A buyout of Claria would simply widen the public relations
gap between Microsoft and Google and do more harm than good.

David Dean
 
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