Wednesday, December 18, 2002
Network Dweebs Corporation Withdraws from PocketGear
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 12:43 PM
Oh boy, I predict this is going to be a hot topic. What do you think about this? Is PocketGear "smutty" or just doing their job selling software? Where's the line of what's appropriate?
"We simply do not wish to be affiliated with a site that allows the kind of adult advertising PocketGear does." said the software manufacturer's president, "half-naked women have no place on the front page of a software site that may be visited by teenagers, women, and even men who may find that kind of advertising offensive". Other contributing factors reportedly included the skewing of user reviews - e.g. the ability for software manufacturers to remove negative reviews and display only positive reviews, and the poor performance of the web site's search engine - a tool the software manufacturer feels is below average.
All software provided by Network Dweebs Corporation, including its freeware OpenNAP (Napster) client is scheduled to be removed from the site within the next 48 hours. New software by Network Dweebs Corporation including 'Pocket DynDNS', a dynamic DNS client for PocketPC, and the company's up-and-coming "digital media" voice and data software, will not be available on the site. You can look for these products on Handango or other popular Pocket PC software sites."
"We simply do not wish to be affiliated with a site that allows the kind of adult advertising PocketGear does." said the software manufacturer's president, "half-naked women have no place on the front page of a software site that may be visited by teenagers, women, and even men who may find that kind of advertising offensive". Other contributing factors reportedly included the skewing of user reviews - e.g. the ability for software manufacturers to remove negative reviews and display only positive reviews, and the poor performance of the web site's search engine - a tool the software manufacturer feels is below average.
All software provided by Network Dweebs Corporation, including its freeware OpenNAP (Napster) client is scheduled to be removed from the site within the next 48 hours. New software by Network Dweebs Corporation including 'Pocket DynDNS', a dynamic DNS client for PocketPC, and the company's up-and-coming "digital media" voice and data software, will not be available on the site. You can look for these products on Handango or other popular Pocket PC software sites."