Aqua-Soft Forums[Ann] Yahoo! Acquires Konfabulator
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"I don't like that konfabulator will be opened up to a wider range of users and developers. That could mean that konfab users get better widgets. I can't deal with change. Because, you know, when I start up konfabulator, all I will be able to think about is how Yahoo! owns it now and all the negitive effects it might have. Now please excuse me while I go cry about Apple switching to Intel processors."
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grow up
get over it
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The only thing I can/will even say about this is:
Why Yahoo? That is extremely random.
hmm i wonder if future releases will have big fat yahoo stickers all over the place.....i mean if the software is not getting sold any more what will yahoo actually get from it....to me the app seems like a real resource hogger....
It will eventually be used to promote their other apps. Not thinking spyware or adware but rather simply the option of installing yahoo toolbar for example. Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are all fighting for the same goal and that is to get people using their web portals. That's what it's all about to get people to visit their internet gateways. Konfab being free is pretty nice and I might actually get round to trying it out properly now.
All this speculation... Guys, theres no sense discussing what 'could be' - because no one has any idea what direction this is going to take. There are a billion roads here.
I don't know if anyone has noticed, but our beloved Microsoft is currently at war with Google (And Yahoo).The next logical step in this soap would be Microsoft buying Stardock to give away DesktopX for free or even bundle it into Vista. (I am not exaggerating here.)
The widget idea has reached the major league.
The whole thing may perish in collateral damage while the behemoths fight it out.
In the past, I wouldn't dare saying a bad word against Pixoria, because in being a three-men enterprise, it was one of us.
Now that Konfab has been swallowed by a major, I state that the Konfab idea is too cool to be wasted in major league b*tchfight.
Even if it isn't today, it could be branded, ad'ed, spyware'd in the near future during the imminent clash.
Let's have an Open-Source version ASAP.
Probably not all the widget developers are satisfied with the move, lets give these a safe harbour, where our kind of Konfab isn't subdued to corporate arbitrariness.
I agree with you. Search sites bring lots on informatios from users and from the web. And informations is power. Or lifes are getting more and more based on search engines that gain money with us.
Many industries are percepting that a good image like google (that gives us lots of free softwares) brings a lot of money.
Edit: one more thing: http://www.konfabulator.com/cartoon/partTen.html
do you agree?