PC World conducted an informal survey of its readers to find the most annoying practices and policies of technology companies. The results included complaints about the software sunset policies of Intuit and Microsoft; rebate run arounds from Buy.com and Office Depot; the practice by Gateway, HP and Sony of "stuffing new systems with trialware, adware, junkware'' and other marketing gimmicks; and the decisions by Intuit, McAfee and Symantec to include software that "nags you to buy or upgrade.''
To read the entire list:
- check out this InfoWorld.com article [1]
For more tech stories from the Fierce CIO network:
> Cisco leans toward open source. Article [2]
> SAP and Oracle unlikely to settle out-of-court. Article [3]
> Solar power for your mobile gadget. Article [4]
Links:
[1] http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/27/The-10-most-annoying-habits-of-technology-companies_1.html
[2] http://www.fiercecio.com/story/cisco-leans-towards-open-source/2008-05-27
[3] http://www.fiercecio.com/story/sap-don-t-see-out-court-settlement-oracle/2008-05-27
[4] http://www.fiercemobileit.com/story/solar-power-your-mobile-gadget/2008-05-28