NYT Firefox Campaign Raises $250,000

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NYT Firefox Campaign Raises $250,000

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday October 30, 2004 @02:30AM from the mo'-money-mo'-money-mo'-money dept.

ScytheBlade1 writes "The Firefox full-page NYT ad campaign finished off today with an impressive $250,000 over 10 days. Impressive to say the least, and it goes to show just how much momentum Firefox has."

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But the NYT site uses popups! by turnstyle · 2004-10-30 02:33 · Score: 4, Funny

But the NYT site uses popups! Won't Firefox block 'em? ;)

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1. Re:But the NYT site uses popups! by shish · 2004-10-30 03:00 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Popups in a dead-tree edition of a newspaper?
  (Why do I get the feeling we shouldn't be giving advertisers ideas like this?)
  
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In other news... by sl8r · 2004-10-30 02:37 · Score: 5, Funny

A mention of the spreadfirefox website on popular website slashdot.org brought new woes to the spreadfirefox team:

"We completely went over our bandwidth for this month, and I was just served with a bill over $250'000 for this month's bandwidth usage!!" ;)
Re:Firefox is the new Mozilla Browser by maxume · 2004-10-30 02:41 · Score: 2, Funny

Mozilla is dead...Long live Mozilla.

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Re:This is fantastic news. by revery · 2004-10-30 02:43 · Score: 4, Funny

I've been signing it from the mountaintops for months now and haven't looked back.

Julie Andrews uses Firefox?!?!

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Re:How about a campaign.. by jZnat · 2004-10-30 02:43 · Score: 4, Funny

Where did you think most of that $250K was going? :P

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Re:A key part of the struggle by Aruthra · 2004-10-30 02:45 · Score: 5, Funny

You can't fool me. The internet is clearly stored inside my hard drive and IE is required for me to access it.
Next step: Hire Ellen Feiss for a TV ad by Poro · 2004-10-30 02:49 · Score: 5, Funny

The next logical step is to make a TV ad. A switch ad with Ellen Feiss, this time switching from IE to Firefox. And looking as stoned as always.
"I was surfing in the net. And then, like, bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep! And then, like, half of the web page was gone. And I was, like, Huh?"
Re:Seems a shame to waste it on a newspaper ad by Poltras · 2004-10-30 02:53 · Score: 5, Funny

That kind of money could be better used to finance developement.
You're a developper, admit it.

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Re:I havn't heard of this up until now... by Paul+d'Aoust · 2004-10-30 03:33 · Score: 3, Funny

NO! They do not want any more money. Such actions will be discouraged. HA!

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Re:A key part of the struggle by burns210 · 2004-10-30 04:37 · Score: 2, Funny

Oh man, don't remind me.

I was surfing around my interweb the other day and it was like beep boop beep BEEP! Then it went all blank, and I was like 'dude, I just deleted the interweb!" and then I was like expecting the CIA to come get me or something, but it was in my recycle bin, so I saved it... Phew... that was a close one.
Re:A key part of the struggle by Dethboy · 2004-10-30 05:06 · Score: 2, Funny

Jeez dude. Even W knows there is more than one. I have one Internet on my PC at home and another one on my PC at work. So do my co-workers.

Firefox - Ruler of the Internets
Re:This is fantastic news. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-30 10:04 · Score: 1, Funny

"I've been signing it from the mountaintops for months now and haven't looked back."
"Julie Andrews uses Firefox?!?!"
Didn't you mean Marlee Matlin?