How many times does "Joel on Software" show up on this blog entry? I count 5 times, including the Title and email address. Pot...kettle...black.
* Header image that states "Joel On Software" and links to the homepage. This is a common website device. One
* Another text link before the article title. Ok, this one seems extraneous. Though since the first is an image, this is more SEO friendly. Two
* Not mentioned anywhere in the article.
* The footer contains another link. Again, this isn't really irregular. Three
* The email for the author of the article. Would it satisfy you if Joel had used another domain for his email address? Four
So there are a grand total of 4 appearances on that particular page, and with the exception (maybe) of one, none are spammy.
Did you come into this discussion solely to diss the author? Joel was pointing out something inane in a wizard dialog box, and you essentially call him a hypocrite.
I'd like to think that I am generally attractive from a programming language's point of view and such a dialog box wouls only reinforce this belief.
"Java Loves You"
I actually wouldn't have bothered even replying to the guys comment except that this is an issue that has irked me about this site for a while. Humour - by and large and in the right proportion - gratifies my (and I think many people's) "intellectual curiosity". Some here should take a chill pill when it comes to being the humour police.
;)
Is that better?
Your comment stated that you would have felt better if the Java installer had said something different, in particular less; so I said the same thing about your comment. It was sort of an ill conceived parody, you understand. In conjunction with feigned shock (the "OoO,") at your apparent linguasexuality, I thought it was pretty funny. Seems I was wrong, or just too vague.