Thoughts on advertisements in Ubuntu 12.10

[James]

im not saying this applies to everyone but for those with a slow internet
connection it adds on to the time it takes to load results when you might
not even want it.
On Sep 24, 2012 9:15 AM, "Russell McOrmond" <russellmcormond at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here is my translation of Shutgleworth's blog:  we (cannonical) aren't
> making money on the for-pay search results, so therefore it isn't an
> advertisement.
>
> While us techies can turn this foreign-search off, less technical users
> won't know how.  This makes Ubuntu no longer what I can in good conscience
> recommend to less technical users.  It is commercial advertising, whether
> cannonical is making money or not. Who is making the money doesn't change
> that they are ads.
>
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> On Sep 23, 2012 11:53 PM, "Stephen M. Webb" <stephen at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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