In a message dated 02/05/2009 08:28:58 GMT Standard Time, ovington1@sky.com writes: The cynic in me asks "whats in it for them"? Nivard In a word, publicity ! They are a huge company, and supplying a free piece of software is a very cost-effective way of getting your company's name well-known. For example, it got them this article in "Computeractive" magazine :- _http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/downloads/2197771/secunia-pe rsonal-software_ (http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/downloads/2197771/secunia-personal-software) Best wishes. Paul Gaskell Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk)

Hi Paul You could well be right I am always suspicious that there are deeper motives to the supply of free software but its something we have to live with isn't it I find it very annoying that you have to virtually sign your rights away every time you want a quote for anything (insurance etc) by having to agree to their terms and conditions which are most of the time such gobbledegook that you can't work out what they actually mean, beats me how they get away with it but they do Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Nivard > > In a word, publicity ! They are a huge company, and supplying a free piece > of software is a very cost-effective way of getting your company's name > well-known. For example, it got them this article in "Computeractive" > magazine > :- > > _http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/downloads/2197771/secunia-pe > rsonal-software_ > (http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/downloads/2197771/secunia-personal-software) > > Best wishes. > > Paul Gaskell > Oxfordshire Family History Society > Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk)

I am quite cynical about these things, as well, but I also have to weigh that with the ever increasing need to secure my system. In the case of Secunia, they are targeting the Corporate accounts and offer this service to non-corporate users for free. In my experience, this is a common method of handling business on-line. My only gripe with this software is the amount of time it takes to update all of my systems... not fun !!! I am also an incurable conspiracy theorist and have long thought that there are many "conflicts of interest" in the computer and on-line world... I often wonder, for instance, why hard drive prices seemed to drop very sharply and suddenly when it was known that the new operating systems from Microsoft (and the programs and software running on them) would need massive amounts of memory, just to load the programs ! As well, I have always thought there was something very peculiar about the whole anti-virus business... These software companies NEED to have viruses to fight... or there is no business... http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread353619/pg1 Regards, Kevin. On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 4:58 AM, Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> wrote: > Hi Paul > > You could well be right > > I am always suspicious that there are deeper motives to the supply of free > software but its something we have to live with isn't it > > I find it very annoying that you have to virtually sign your rights away > every time you want a quote for anything (insurance etc) by having to agree > to their terms and conditions which are most of the time such gobbledegook > that you can't work out what they actually mean, beats me how they get away > with it but they do > > Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > > > >> Nivard >> >> In a word, publicity ! They are a huge company, and supplying a free piece >> of software is a very cost-effective way of getting your company's name >> well-known. For example, it got them this article in "Computeractive" >> magazine >> :- >> >> _http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/downloads/2197771/secunia-pe >> rsonal-software_ >> (http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/downloads/2197771/secunia-personal-software) >> >> Best wishes. >> >> Paul Gaskell >> Oxfordshire Family History Society >> Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk) > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query relates to family research. > > Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and avoid mentioning prices. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- K. Ross kr5927@gmail.com