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Re(1): The patent infringement suit: A playbook

Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 74.67.140.81] on October 18, 2007 08:55 PM
You seem to take the argument that any ad space sold is a positive for the company. Where I and others would take the position that you risk alienating your customers and your advertisers. I would doubt very much that open source based advertisers want their advertisements associated with anti open source and anti Linux advertisement. I also doubt very much that people wanting to read Linux and open source related news want to see anti Linux and open source advertisements. In fact you may loose revenue in the long run if a few larger advertising agencies decide that the return on investment isn't there on this site because YOU choose to incorrectly display content that is clearly contrary to what the site should be. Good luck spinning your viewpoint in the future 'Lisa'. I actually have some experience dealing with the later argument, enough to know that it is a fairly common occurrence and takes a lot of resources to get said advertisers back.

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