Comments on: Microsoft Displaces Google – MSN Toolbar Bundled with Java Downloader http://www.pluggd.in/microsoft/msn-toolbar-bundled-in-java-downloader-3113/ We Heart Startups! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:53:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sajesh http://www.pluggd.in/microsoft/msn-toolbar-bundled-in-java-downloader-3113/comment-page-1/#comment-89250 Sajesh Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:04:39 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/microsoft/microsoft-beats-google-bundled-in-java-downloader-3113/#comment-89250 I hate toolbars. Period. I don't like to see all those toolbars hanging from my browser. If i want to search i have Google and wikipedia search box in fx. If i need to check email, i prefer thunderbird. I always look for any bundled toolbars with any apps.. winamp for instance bundles Y! toolbar.. i make it a point to remove them in any installation i do. And now msn.. no more shit please. thank you. I hate toolbars. Period. I don’t like to see all those toolbars hanging from my browser. If i want to search i have Google and wikipedia search box in fx. If i need to check email, i prefer thunderbird. I always look for any bundled toolbars with any apps.. winamp for instance bundles Y! toolbar.. i make it a point to remove them in any installation i do. And now msn.. no more shit please. thank you.

]]> By: Mahesh T http://www.pluggd.in/microsoft/msn-toolbar-bundled-in-java-downloader-3113/comment-page-1/#comment-89236 Mahesh T Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:38:47 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/microsoft/microsoft-beats-google-bundled-in-java-downloader-3113/#comment-89236 In earlier distribution deals(Dell, Adobe etc.) Google outbid, the only competitor Y!, with ease. Its not so easy now, i guess. We all know how aggressive MS is at playing the competition game.. About the deal, from the horse itself :) "This year, we decided to run an open auction, and received bids from a number of companies. It was a tough process, but given the growing volume and momentum around Java, we clearly represented just about the most popular distribution vehicle on the internet today - and Microsoft worked hard to represent the most attractive total offer" http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/the_value_of_distribution_java In earlier distribution deals(Dell, Adobe etc.) Google outbid, the only competitor Y!, with ease. Its not so easy now, i guess. We all know how aggressive MS is at playing the competition game..

About the deal, from the horse itself :)

“This year, we decided to run an open auction, and received bids from a number of companies. It was a tough process, but given the growing volume and momentum around Java, we clearly represented just about the most popular distribution vehicle on the internet today – and Microsoft worked hard to represent the most attractive total offer”

http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/the_value_of_distribution_java

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