Google Bundles Toolbar With Adobe Apps

grammar fascist writes "Sci-Tech Today reports that Google is paying a 'significant amount' to bundle Google Toolbar with certain Adobe downloads. From the article: 'The initial venue for the Google mini-app will be downloads of the popular and free Shockwave multimedia player. The move is seen by some observers as an effort to outflank Microsoft, especially as Internet Explorer 7 nears its formal launch this summer [...] Interestingly, Google's search toolbar will be available only when Shockwave is downloaded for use with Internet Explorer on Windows.'"

Google crazyness..

[Anonymous Coward]

Next step will be start advertising in pdf files !

I'm all for it

[imbaczek]

As long as it works on Linux, with Firefox and will give me flash 8.

Re:Google crazyness..

[omegashenron]

Are you sure it was google desktop responsible for all those ads or perhaps it was all the p0rn sites visited with IE.

[Redacted] Space for sale!

[sethstorm]

They could sell ads that take the place of redacted text. But then the original text still is there though, and what would you advertise on an NSA memo?

I'd rather...

[flimflammer]

No company adds stupid toolbars I'll never use to my machine.

Adobe Acrobat: The Intervention

[rocjoe71]

Scene: Adobe Acrobat comes home after a hard day of making side-deals with other companies and binging on smaller applications. Once, Acrobat would have leapt up the stairs to reach his 2nd-floor apartment. Once upon a time this valued member of the community helped countless others read and share documents. But now, after years of bloat, Acrobat reaches his second floor apartment sweating and turning purple in the face. He wipes the sweat from his eyes and unlocks the door to his apartment to find all his friends there...

Acrobat: Wha... what are all you guyes doing here?

Photoshop: Acrobat, first we'd like to say the-- WE LOVE YOU... Everybody in this room loves you... And we're worried... about YOU.

Acrobat: What's going on?

Photshop: Acrobat, you have to stop this.

Acrobat: Stop what? What do you mean "stop"? Stop what?

Photoshop: Here, read this...

Acrobat: Humm... RrrRRrrrrRrr... Humm... Would you mind if I just call the office and make sure there's no updates before I read you this document? No? Ok, but there' could be a security issue.... Hummm... RrRrrRRrr... Hummm...

Foxit: Give me that! [Snatches document from Acrobat's hands] You know what this says, Adobe? It says you've put on weight... AGAIN. No one can remember the last time you were under 10Mb! And at this rate, you'll be pushing 30Mb by the end of the year!

Acrobat: Hey! Today's document rendering world is COMPLEX, I've just be putting on a little extra CODE to get the job done!

Foxit: Oh that is such bullshit Acrobat! I do nearly everything you do, and I'm still under 3Mb!

Photoshop: Acrobat, it's time you admitted you have a problem. For starters, you're going to have to stop haning around with those Google and Yahoo kids, they're TROUBLE.

Foxit: ...and here's some reading material on how to curb your bloat [drops large pile of documents in Acrobat's lap]

Photoshop: Foxit, oh god no! Acrobat hasn't been able to manage documents of that size for years, he's so out-of-shape! What have you done? Call 9-1-1!

End scene

Re:[Redacted] Space for sale!

[Tolkien]

They could sell ads that take the place of redacted text. But then the original text still is there though, and what would you advertise on an NSA memo?

"Click here to find Top Secret items at bargain basement prices!"

Google should pay me a "significant amount"

[giafly]

... because know those $billions that Google makes? I think it's a zero-sum game because they load equivalent costs onto users and companies like mine -

• User: "Your Website stopped working. It's a disaster".
• Me: "Do you have Google toolbar installed?".
• User: "No, I've not installed anything".
• Me: "Because if you've installed Google toolbar, you need to click to allow popups".
• User: "I just told you, I've not got Google toolbar. It's a bug in your program".
• I waste hours trying to sort out the bug, without success.
• User: "Hey, I fixed my problem, it was Google toolbar all along."

Re:[Redacted] Space for sale!

[MrNonchalant]

Tin foil.