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More Proof Of Lack Of Interest in FOSS, Ad Bard Network Shutting Down..

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flatfish+++

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Jun 15, 2011, 3:26:59 PM6/15/11
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schestowitz Ad Bard is shutting down Jun 14 01:33
schestowitz July 1st Jun 14 01:33
schestowitz Just got mail Jun 14 01:33
schestowitz First Peter Brown left Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz Now this... Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz " Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > Hello, Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > You are receiving this email because you displayed
advertisements from Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > the Ad Bard Network in May of 2011. This is an
automatically generated Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > report. Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > Thank you for your participation in the FLOSS-focused Ad
Bard Network. Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > We regret to inform you that we have decided to shut down
the network on Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > July 1st, 2011. We've greatly enjoyed working with all of
you, but Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > unfortunately we've had far too limited time to focus on
improving the Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > network and selling advertisements. Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > Our intention is to send out earnings checks to all
websites that have Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > earned at least $10 from displaying advertisements by the
time we shut Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > down the network on July 1st. In order to make this
possible, please be Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > sure to log into your account and enter your PayPal
address in the Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz > provided field. Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz "


So now Slimeowitz is trying to recruit some people to work up graphics
for free so he can promote his SPAM.

What a leech.....

schestowitz So we'll go ads-free Jun 14 01:34
schestowitz Is someone here good with graphics? Jun 14 01:36

Poor Roy.....

No more HIT$ for his SPAM.
He must be devastated....


BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa!!!!

Put your eggs in the FOSS basic and you will lose every time...


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flatfish+++
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Linux's dismal desktop market share:

http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/05/12/the-top-20-strongholds-for-desktop-linux/

Desktop Linux: The Dream Is Dead
"By the time Microsoft released the Windows 7 beta
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/207999/desktop_linux_the_dream_is_dead.html

Desktop Linux on Life Support:

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/is-linux-on-the-desktop-dead--961508

Hadron

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Jun 15, 2011, 3:57:22 PM6/15/11
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flatfish+++ <flat...@marianatrench.com> writes:

> So now Slimeowitz is trying to recruit some people to work up graphics
> for free so he can promote his SPAM.

I think I can hear a little squeaky voice screaming "me me me" while
waving his paw in the air.... Liarsuck might get to help his master Roy
Again.

>
> What a leech.....
>
> schestowitz So we'll go ads-free Jun 14 01:34
> schestowitz Is someone here good with graphics? Jun 14 01:36
>
> Poor Roy.....
>
> No more HIT$ for his SPAM.
> He must be devastated....
>
> BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa!!!!
>
> Put your eggs in the FOSS basic and you will lose every time...


Clearly doomed from the start! Look who they were targeting:-

,----
| The Ad Bard Network is the only advertising network designed
| specifically for reaching the developers, architects, users and
| influencers in the free software community, allowing advertisers to
| directly communicate with the key customers in this exciting new area.
`----

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