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Even the Windows Java client installer tries to get you to install the Ask toolbar (or at least it did; I haven't seen an update recently). I imagine it must be
by austinz 12y ago
Even the Windows Java client installer tries to get you to install the Ask toolbar (or at least it did; I haven't seen an update recently). I imagine it must be quite lucrative for Oracle; either that, they stopped caring about Java's reputation as a user-facing technology for web content or desktop applications, or users just don't notice these things.
- easytiger 12y agoThere was a discussion on here recently. Apparently Ask.com makes something like $400+ mil per year. Mind boggling. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8762663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8762663
- theandrewbailey 12y agoOracle makes $billions per year. There's no reason to bundle Ask. Despicable.
- easytiger 12y agoYea but it will be attempts to make business subgroups self funding that led to this. Under sun java was the cherry-on-top of their hardware / gateway drug to their server side hardware. I doubt oracle look at it like that.