Thoughts on advertisements in Ubuntu 12.10

[colinmcc at direct.ca]

Hi,

Reading Shuttleworth's blog it seems clear that he/Ubuntu has decided to
make 'Home' searches also pass the query on to Amazon, albeit anonymously,
as far as the user is concerned.

There has been a lot of internet chat recently about the different
relevance of Google Searches Vs Amazon and the fact that Amazon returns
'things to purchase' while Google returns 'Information'. This is reflected
in the two companies business models, and, I suspect Amazon searches make
Amazon more 'loot' than Google searches do to Google.

If Shuttleworth's aim in using Amazon as a search answer engine is to
cream of a percent (or two) of any subsequent transaction then we really
can't complain, he/and his Ubuntu project deserve major accolades and have
brought great exposure to  a Microshi#s alternative, but that said, I for
one, would like to be able to customise my 'searches' to use the search
engine(s) I chose, which may well differ depending on the 'type' of result
I'm seeking. Eg info or where to buy something.

We're currently replacing Ubuntu with Mint on new machines recently
purchased, but wish all the 'nix variants well, beside  keeping an open
mind on the evolution of GNU/Linux.

Colin



> On 09/23/2012 02:52 PM, Michael Stathers wrote:
>> http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1182
>>
>> This worries me. Your thoughts?
>
> What are your worries?
>
> You titled this email "Thoughts on advertisements in Ubuntu 12.10" but
> gave a link to Shuttleworth's blog in which he
> says up front "We’re not putting ads in Ubuntu."  Do you have a better
> source on what's coming in Ubuntu 12.10 than
> Mark Shuttleworth, and can you give that link, too?
>
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