... maker of spyware detectors!
Three things:
Evidently, if the former didn't exist, the latter wouldn't either. Sort of like IIPM and the JAM article, or like IIPM and the recent spate of blogposts.
From the point of view of Dilip's recent post, this one is a double boost to the GDP, except that neither of them represents a lack of efficiency. But, you have got to agree that both of them lack a certain necessity (from the user's point of view). [BTW, where is the follow-up to the threat, Dilip?]
Why the hell is spyware a legal business?
Link to the original story via: (where else?) slashdot!
where is the follow-up to the threat, Dilip?
ReplyDeleteFunny you should ask. Check here.
Hmmm. Thanks, Dilip! I left a comment there, too.
ReplyDeleteActually, users of spyware and spyware detectors are different. From your post, I guess you assume them to be the same (if I am wrong in my guesswork, my apologies).
ReplyDeleteTake the case of pop-ups and pop-up blockers, or for that matter spam and spam blockers. The users of pop-ups are advertisers, and the users of pop-up blockers are annoyed surfers.
But still a spyware maker suing a spyware detector maker is a delicious irony :)
a spyware maker suing a spyware detector maker is a delicious irony
ReplyDeleteAshok, it is this 'delicious irony' that I wanted to highlight!