Re: Lets be reasonable here...

de "John Jay Smith" <-> 04/29/2006 05:06

An addition... Some might run to say : Yes but fox it gives you an option to
turn off the
advertisment... View>Advertisment

It closes, but once you run foxit again, there is the banner again!

I call that irritating and "nagging" wouldnt you? Yet foxit is so good and
fast a
reader that it deserves to be in this newsgroup... since you dont pay for
it.

--
-Ken www.computerboom.com

If you call me a troll, lets go sunbathing and see who turns to stone. :-)

"John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message news:44537e7f@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> On this group everyone praises FOXIT pdf reader....I do too
> Yet it is adware... Yep...! Proof?
>
> see the screenshot http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9397/foxit5sj.jpg
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> Pressing this small banner it leads us to this page
> http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_sdk.php
> where it says:
> "Licensing Cost: We provide flexible licensing options, including royalty
> based and royalty free licensing. The cost of licensing is determined by
> restrictions you choose to apply to the licensing.
>
> If you are interested in licensing Foxit Reader SDK, please click here to
> fill out an online survey and our sales person will get back to you with a
> quote very soon. "
>
> This is my reply to everyone who wants to stick to the rules like a clam
> with no flexibility at all. I like foxit and
> I suggest it to anyone as a "free" product.
>
> AND I QUOTE, from a post by the "The Seabat"
>
> "No, by condoning the use of anything other than freeware you create a
> crack in the foundation. You say it is only one little nag screen and
> you don't mind clicking to close it. The next one will say, aw, it's
> only TWO little nag screens and they don't mind closing them. Etc."
>
> So why doesn't everyone complain to all the posters who keep talking about
> Foxit?
>
> Because its a darn good program and we are a little flexible to get such a
> nice program for free aren't we?
> Foxit is just an example I had handy.... I could probably find more
> programs we all post as "free"
> Yet if you really want to do what Seabat and Corliss wants us to do we
> have to discard them.
>
> I say follow the rules.. but dont be enslaved by them!
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> --
> -Ken www.computerboom.com
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> If you call me a troll, lets go sunbathing and see who turns to stone. :-)
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