Comments on: Uma Is Watching Me

By: Office Max!

Office Max! — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:30:36 +0000

Faster Business Software…

Some good points here about how games and other technology make business software seem slower than ever…….

By: Stu

Stu — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:45:25 +0000

Ahhh. Nice. Me understand now :).

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:40:09 +0000

There Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. My operating system lecturer used to use it all the time.

By: Stu

Stu — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:14:47 +0000

I guess the “free-version-with-advertising” has been around a long time. It’s a staple of business practice. But these days, with the advent of opensource becoming professionally accepted, people are doing things smarter. Like, not to use them in every example, but, Google.

I guess we’ll never get away from the “Free gets you this much, but you pay, you get THIS much” business ideology.

Also .. TANSTAAFL .. me no understand???? I could Google .. but you know :).

By: Stu

Stu — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:11:10 +0000

Yeah, advertising on opening can be very detrimental. I’d say something more subtle is happening, or will happen.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:24:31 +0000

It depends on the type of application as well.

Eudora, an email client, has a paid version and a free version. The free version contains ads in a box in the bottom corner of the main window.

Opera, a web browser, used to (I’m not sure if they still do) have a free version which also contained advertising in a specified location within the browser.

Games can also contain product placement, similar to that used in movies.

TANSTAAFL I guess.

By: Lil

Lil — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 22:13:30 +0000

Have to tell you that any advertising while opening up a program would be completely lost on me (or have negative impact) … yep I noticed the fact that Adobe Acrobat takes ages to load up with a silly splash screen that I haven’t read while I’m tapping my fingers saying HURRY UP (remember blackboard on Mr Squiggle). Maybe subliminal?

When opening games, thats the time you go and get another coke right!