On 19-Aug-07, at 10:39 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
I never have any problem with irctc.co.in. I am always able to book my tickets using firefox on GNU/Linux.
He's referring to the insane number of ads on those sites, not usability.
we, being Linux Users, belong to the second rung of civilisation and hence do not realise that the unwashed masses love ads - they visit sites sometimes solely to look at the ads. I know my kids have more interest in the ads on TV than in some of the programs. We, of course, know that this kind of overstuffing sites with ads is a flawed business model - but I am constantly amazed at the amount of money people with a flawed business model make. Like, if microsoft hadnt existed, any professor presenting it's business model as a viable one would have been laughed out of the place.