Anything I find interesting about Microsoft Access that isn't large enough to put on its own page as well as any updates to my website or the Auto FE Updater. Also links to blog postings and articles I feel would be of interest to developers.
There might be a more widely used term than scum ware but this suffices for me. Sun Java just asked to install an update and, among other screens, gave me the following:
If I had a choice I’d dump Java.
I completely agree, Tony. It's a sneaky way to install their intrusive toolbar into the browsers of the unwary and uninformed.
Most naive people will probably click "Next" with no idea how it will impact their future browsing.
It is unfortunate that it's difficult to dump Java. Scum ware is an appropriate term. I've called that sort of thing AdCrap, others call it CrapWare. I dumped Foxit Reader for laying an installation AdCrap minefield. There's something desperate and disgusting about it, especially when that box is checked by default. No doubt we'll remember the bad taste this Java left.
