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Wonder if that was actually in the Paper too?

Interesting read though.

If I wasn't so lazy, I would go out and buy a copy... ah well :P
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*cough* Evolution *cough*

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Well, it's always good to know I have an army at my disposition. Let's go invade some country and start a new federation! we could start by invading France, the coudntry is so down to its knees now, it shouldn't be very difficult.
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To the armoury!
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Well, it's always good to know I have an army at my disposition. Let's go invade some country and start a new federation! we could start by invading France, the coudntry is so down to its knees now, it shouldn't be very difficult.

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That article is an interesting read, good to see that they've quoted you accurately on the adware issue.....hopefully it will give people the right idea on everything
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But this is a man who has also outraged millions. His sin? A Faustian pact with dark forces responsible for distributing adware, those pop-up windows that torture PC users the world over. Messenger Plus! Live comes bundled with a "sponsor's program", which the unwary install unwittingly on their machines. They are then subjected to messages urging them to buy insurance, take out credit cards, play poker or download ringtones. To his opponents this breaks a sacred code of geek ethics and the two sides engage in furious online debates. Supporters say Patchou has provided a brilliant piece of software free to millions of people and the adware is harmless; critics call him "a scam artist making money off gullible young Live Messenger users".
Reading this, anyone would think that plus! comes with a bundled and not explicit adware, that is unwarly installed in the user's pc...
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"If you are a youngster, then you just press the button until the thing you want is installed," he says. "You agree to the terms and conditions, so it's legal. It's human nature not to read the terms and conditions." At best, he adds, adware is a nuisance. At worst, it can be bad for online business. "It's not the way you want to behave on the internet. It does inflame the internet community."
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For all that, Paciullo is unreptentant. "People who accuse me generally do not understand – or accept – that software development is not something you can finance easily these days. People don't tend to buy software, they just download it. The idea behind an optional sponsor program is to offer a way to support the work while offering at the same time a product that's completely free of any obligation."
At least these paragraphs tell the truth=P
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*cough* Evolution *cough*
http://evolutionstore.ca :p

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I agree, the debatable article is kind of misleading but the rest was good :)

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*cough* Evolution *cough*
http://evolutionstore.ca :p
Well aware I was making a point of pointing it out.
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Well aware I was making a point of pointing it out.
I'm not saying you didn't (l)
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