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Java Spam 

By Anonymous Coward Posted Thursday 18th October 2007 15:44 GMT

Anyone else pissed off at Suns decision to add yet more spam to our lives by adding ads for Open Office to the Java Updater that they add to Windows systems (without permission!).

Even if you've got OO installed, you get a popup suggesting that you get OpenOffice when Windows starts.

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