[39632] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: X-10 and like behaviour.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Maxwell)
Thu Jul 19 09:07:59 2001
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 09:02:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Greg Maxwell <gmaxwell@martin.fl.us>
To: David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, David Shaw wrote:
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> There are a few windows programs that claim to block popups. X10 even
> recommends them for people who don't want to get their ads, which
> surprised me since it pretty much admits that they know they're
> harassing people to the point of installing special software just to
> get some X10 ad relief. Seems like a poor way to get name recognition
> to me ("X10? Oh yeah... they do those really annoying ads, and made
> me buy special software just to be rid of them. Ooh, I think I'll buy
> something from them posthaste!").
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