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Re: X-10 and like behaviour.

  • From: Greg Maxwell
  • Date: Thu Jul 19 09:11:20 2001

On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, David Shaw wrote:
[snip]
> 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!").
[snip]

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