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Can someone explain to me why they even bundle this extra shovelware in with their JRE installer? Surely the revenue gained from this is a minuscule fraction co
by jonpaul 14y ago
Can someone explain to me why they even bundle this extra shovelware in with their JRE installer? Surely the revenue gained from this is a minuscule fraction compared to their total revenue. Plus, this can't be good for their brand. So, it raises the question - why?
- jackalope 14y agoDidn't Sun start this practice before the Oracle acquisition? Maybe it continues due to a long-term contract that must be honored.
- streptomycin 14y agoYes, and they had big (and hilariously stupid) plans: http://web.archive.org/web/20090522144903/http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/will_java_be_the_world http://web.archive.org/web/20090522144903/http://blogs.sun.c... How will it work? Candidate applications will be submitted via a simple web site, evaluated by Sun for safety and content, then presented under free or fee terms to the broad Java audience via our update mechanism. Over time, developers will bid for position on our storefront, and the relationships won't be exclusive (as they have been for search). As with other app stores, Sun will charge for distribution - but unlike other app stores, whose audiences are tiny, measured in the millions or tens of millions, ours will have what we estimate to be approximately a billion users. That's clearly a lot of traffic, and will position the Java App Store as having just about the world's largest audience.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoI vaguely remember the Google Toolbar and OpenOffice being shovelware'd with the Java installer pre-Oracle; the choice of bundles has changed but the practice hasn't.
- yuhong 14y agoOf course Google Toolbar and OpenOffice was much more useful than Ask Toolbar.