Google (and Dell) turns the page… in a bad way


	Google (and Dell) turns the page… in a bad way

ezqimo

5-24-2007 4:38 PM

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computers, internet, software

ezqimo says:

I wonder how long it will take before companies in general realize that annoying their users eventually backfires. How come the big players havent understood that by now..?

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