Warp wrote:
>   So you are saying that the article at
> http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article08-600 is lying when it says
> "without asking your permission"?

Not necessarily. I'm saying *I* got asked permission. The EULA when I 
downloaded SP1 mentioned it. When firefox started up afterwards, it asked me 
if I wanted to install stuff without asking, with a default of "no". Firefox 
always pops up a window when you start it saying what new extensions it has 
installed, so it's not like you can miss it.

Now, maybe between this blog post being posted and my personally getting 
.NET SP1, Microsoft changed the EULA or something.  I wasn't surprised by 
it, nor was it ever in a state where I would randomly install clickonce 
software without being prompted. Maybe it's just because I was paying more 
attention and I knew what the technical terms meant.

Out of curiosity, would you be upset if a windows update upgraded IE or 
Office to work with the latest version of click-once software?

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   My fortune cookie said, "You will soon be
   unable to read this, even at arm's length."

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