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sick of bundling!
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm sick to death of everything being bundled with something else. You can hardly download anything anymore without being pestered to download some other app bundled with it. That is, if you happen to notice the pre-checked boxes agreeing to the bundled app. Otherwise, you end up with something you didn't ask for and didn't want.

The last time I downloaded Adobe's Acrobat Reader, I wasn't paying close enough attention and ended up with the Yahoo toolbar, which I promptly uninstalled. Now I've uninstalled Adobe Reader from all my machines and use a free, not-bundled-with-anything, app called Foxit Reader.

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

/end of rant
Posted by: Suzi_z   Posted on: 06/21/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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But in the end, IE will win  John Zern | 06/21/06
IE will win because it is bundled with a monopoly product. Nothing more,  DonnieBoy | 06/21/06
Agreed.  John Zern | 06/22/06
Do you even KNOW what you're talking about?  Wolfie2K3 | 06/22/06
Use a Mac  Boot_Agnostic | 06/22/06
How the mighty have fallen...?  Wolfie2K3 | 06/22/06
Correct  Boot_Agnostic | 07/06/06
Google is not going to depend on the courts. The know MS will break the law  DonnieBoy | 06/21/06
Your make conclusions based on faulty assumptions  John Zern | 06/22/06
Google does not have a monopoly, so they can not do illegal bundling, only  DonnieBoy | 06/22/06
Do you know what you get when you ASSUME things?  Wolfie2K3 | 06/22/06
sick of bundling!  Suzi_z | 06/21/06
Yes, Adobe throws in the Yahoo junk  Southern.Pride | 06/21/06
Use Linux, you will have a lot less problems that way. Also, Google can NOT  DonnieBoy | 06/22/06
New link  Southern.Pride | 06/22/06
We can't use Linux, because Windows is a "monopoly product"  PB_z | 06/22/06
Both, Linux is a viable product, and Windows is a monopoly.  DonnieBoy | 06/22/06
Read Judge Jackson's findings...  PB_z | 06/22/06
There are a lot of different aspects to "viability". If customers are  DonnieBoy | 06/22/06
Funny I never noticed the gun barrel pointed  mustangj36@... | 06/22/06
Ok, so there is not advantage to being bundled, lets turn the tables then  DonnieBoy | 06/22/06
Apple brags about bundling  vulcan666 | 06/22/06
It's okay by me  Boot_Agnostic | 06/23/06
Adobe = Memory hog (Xpdf in Linux rocks)  Southern.Pride | 06/21/06
Link to Xpdf  Southern.Pride | 06/21/06
Use Linux and Xpdf or the like and be done  Southern.Pride | 06/21/06
Just why is Adobe doing this again ?  Julien Collot | 06/22/06
I agree  opensourcepro | 06/22/06
i agree  not of this world | 06/22/06
When it comes to money, 'having enough' is meaningless.  mustangj36@... | 06/22/06
Google Rocks  htor63 | 06/22/06
Adobe looking for friends  toxicfreak | 06/22/06
No  opensourcepro | 06/22/06
Do you have the choice to NOT download it?  John Zern | 06/22/06
Actually... You're not.  Wolfie2K3 | 06/22/06
Adobe Can't Compete with Their Landlord Microsoft  brenthawkinsmd | 06/22/06
Yahoo and Google, turn them off or deny them  Boot_Agnostic | 06/22/06
Talk about giving the consumer what the DON'T want... sheesh. (NT)  PB_z | 06/22/06
Better hang on to the old  Aaron A Baker | 06/24/06

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