[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia Toolbar

Jimmy Wales jwales at bomis.com
Thu Jan 15 23:32:34 UTC 2004


Sascha Noyes wrote:
> That is because of two reasons: 1. "toolbars" are spyware in most
> cases. Spyware targets people who don't know much about computers,
> which happens to be people that use mainly non-free software.

To me, that should actually generate demand for a GNU-free
alternative, right?  People can trust that it's not doing anything
evil, because the source is publicly available.

--Jimbo



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