From kde-promo  Fri Feb 09 14:06:14 2001
From: Moritz Moeller-Herrmann <mmh () gmx ! net>
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 14:06:14 +0000
To: kde-promo
Subject: Re: [kde-promo] doing something about Ximian adverts?
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On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 12:12:23AM -0500, Andreas Pour wrote:
>
>This appears to be part of Google's "Premium Sponsorship".  From their web
>site:
>
>   If they search for "golf clubs" and you've purchased this keyword (or if
>   you've purchased the "Sports" category), your ad could appear above
>   the actual search results.=20
>
>So Ximian appears to have bought 'KDE' and 'K Desktop Environment' on Goog=
le.

If KDE were a brand German marketing laws would prohibit this kind of thing.
They actually use our good name (KDE) in a misleading way to lure "customer=
s"
away.

I think a good response would be an official request to stop this kind of
pettiness directed to the official gnome lists. I think this is not in style
for Open source development.

Ximian should spend their money on improving their own brand and product.

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Moritz Moeller-Herrmann ICQ #3585990

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