Earlier today my litle Java Updater thing popped up telling me that a new update was available, but here's the kicker, it's messabe says "Update now and recieve a FREE copy of Open Office!" What made it even funnier was the fact that I installed the latest copy of Open Office on that machine just a few days ago. I'm thinkin so Java is offering me a free program that free anyway in return for updating a completely free thing? Yeah that makes since.
Actually it's kind of sad. For one thing why would Java even think they need to advertise for an update. I mean there's two camps pf people that are gunna see this. Those that no matter what it is just say ok whatever, Update, and those that may be a little more weary of an update. Those that realize that not all updates are all that useful or critical are going to realize that Open Office is free anyway and thus aren't going to be fooled by this "Advertising."
I'm also constantly annoyed by things like this bugging me about updates. Updates on stuff like this usually improve my life in no way. Granted I'm all for external updates when they're useful, and especially when I have to ask for them instead of being bugged constantly about them. On my PSP or iPhone, I have to go to "Check for Update" when I want to see if there's an update rather than having my life paused every 10 minutes until I update the darn thing.
The Java thing wasn't all that annoying, but I got a good laugh out of it trying to advertise an update in exchange for a free prgram.