Reports and comments are popping up everywhere about reports that Microsoft has been in discussions with Claria, a notorious adware purveyor about an acquisition. There's (not surprisingly) a great deal of concern being expressed, both externally and from inside Microsoft.
Here's a random sampling of links to get you going:
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Marc Perton at DownloadSquad.com
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Joe Wilcox at Microsoft Monitor
I can't see anything good coming out of this unless as, Ed opines, the purpose is to wipe this company from the net.
UPDATE: Nik thinks he knows the answer. Makes sense.
1. They can only be buying them for their product, Gain, I have tried to explain this here:
http://www.perfected.org/archives/2005/07/01/microsoft-to-buy-claria-you-might-think-they-are-crazy-but/
Posted at 4:57AM on Dec 19th 2005 by nik Cubrilovic