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Firefox Seeks Full Page Ad in New York Times

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-thats-something-i-guess dept.

blakeross writes "Join us over at Spread Firefox as we raise funds for the most ambitious launch campaign in open source history. A portion of each donation will go towards taking out a full-page ad in the New York Times celebrating the release. All donors will be listed in the ad, the signatories of a declaration of independence from a monopolized and stagnant web."

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  1. Re:Public needs to change to make the change... by Cougar_ · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apart from Slashdot, I can't find a page that doesn't render just fine in Firefox

  2. Portion of the donations by Portigui · · Score: 5, Informative
    The poster mentioned that a "portion" of each donation will go towards taking out the add. This made me curious as to what the rest of the donation was going towards and I found this in the FAQ.
    This effort will fund not just the full-page ad, but also a large portion of other launch-related expenses and thus make an important contribution to the Mozilla Foundation's bottom line.
    I also thought it would have been interesting to see a mock-up of what they are intending to submit.
  3. Re:Ummmm.... by MvD_Moscow · · Score: 5, Informative
    It's called marketing, better something than nothing. If you've got some better ideas send them to the Moz Marketing mailing list.

    http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/marketing-public

  4. Re:Public needs to change to make the change... by Nos. · · Score: 5, Informative

    I can't RTFA (/.'d) but for all but the odd website here or there, I find firefox renders as the author intended. I won't say correctly since I believe in most cases, firefox is rendering correctly, just the author/site deesigner wrote for a broken browser (IE).
    I can browse slashdot, do my banking, pay my bills, hit a few of the forums sites I frequent, use several different webmail programs, order flowers for my wife, buy plane tickets, book a rental car, etc. etc. all through Firefox. The odd site that breaks when I browser to it, gets ignored, and I move to the next google result.

  5. Re:Public needs to change to make the change... by fimbulvetr · · Score: 5, Informative

    BS.

    I login to citibank.com at least once a month. I click the "Sign on to"->credit cards button.
    I login, pay my bill surf, and leave.
    I login to usbank constantly, as well as my local credit union. None bicker about the browser.

  6. Re:What is the cost? by roj3 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The ad cost is normally over $100K.. HOWEVER.. there is a special, highly discounted rate for non-profits. The rate is the "advocacy advertising rate."
    There are further discounts when you are flexible on the date that the ad will run. This one will run within a 3 week window.

  7. Re:How much? by roj3 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Mozilla Foundation is a NON PROFIT organization. 501(c)3.

    The campaign is a fundraiser for the launch of Firefox 1.0. Look.. for $30 you get your name in the New York Times -- the first ever full page ad for Firefox.

  8. Re:Am I missing something? by roj3 · · Score: 5, Informative

    actually all the names will be reviewed (by me). We will only be including real, verifiable names.

    I had also thought that some might try to have URLs or "Lisa Simpson" or "Seymore Butz."

  9. Re:Watch out! by goatpunch · · Score: 5, Informative
    Apple ran a great ad in the SJ Mercury when Windows 95 came out. It was a full two pages that just said: CONGRATU.LNS

    Wasn't it the slightly uglier and funnier:

    C:\ONGRTLNS.W95
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