[JDEV] Advertising Namespace

[Thomas Muldowney]

I think the ramifications of being able to ignore the namesapce would make it
very hard for a company to want to join an ad campaign like this.  If I don't
have guaranteed audience or guaranteed views what's the point?  Food for
thought.

--temas

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 03:29:39PM -0500, Duncan, Paul wrote:
>     Ok.  First of all let me start off by saying I find banner ads on my IM
> clients annoying and invasive.
>  
>     I know this.
>  
>     However,  for some shareware/freeware developers, the only way they can
> see any cost justification is by the selling of
>     ad space on thier web sites and through some of their client software.
> One of the coolest news readers I've ever seen has
>     a banner ad at the bottom.  I respect the developer for going this route
> and not charging me for using his tool, as I now have 
>     this fantastic reader for free.
>  
>     Other developers may want this ability.  Others will not.  By providing
> a namespace for this, clients can exclude this, regardless if its sent or
> not, or
>     if they wish, utilize the namespace to help offset the development
> costs.
>  
>     I'd guess it would be something like:        
>         
>         jabber:x:advertisement
>  
>     <x xmlns="jabber:x:advertisement">
>         <url>http://www.mysoftware.com/bannerads/buy.jpg</url>
>         <tracking_no>AE9323DEFGH123</tracking_no>
>     </x>
>  
>     This is not an email to instigate a full-fledge flame war against me or
> my value system.
>  
>     Thoughts?
>  
>     - Duncan
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