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NYTimes Reports on Firefox

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the mainstreaming-the-underground dept.

Soldrinero writes "Just three days after running a community-sponsored two-page ad, the New York Times is now running a news story on Mozilla Firefox. Our favorite browser is presented in a very favorable light, and there's a good discussion on both Firefox's useability-enhancing features and its security merits. Being fair, they also present Microsoft's solution to security problems: 'Microsoft does have one suggestion for those who cannot use the latest patches in Service Pack 2: buy a new personal computer'"

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  1. More important news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, Firefox, great and all. But we're missing the big picture here. This is an article on NYT and the "horrid blood sucking registration required" phrase was absent from the description.

    My world has just turned upside down. Is the NYT now on the slashdot buddy list?

  2. Re:Word of mouth by zecg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Word of mouth advertising is the best.

    While it can be said it's sometimes "surprisingly effective", it's certainly not "the best" if reaching and influencing as large a possible an audience is your goal (as often is with advertising).
    TV commercials featuring well-endowed women diving in kegs of beer and by accident finding huge penises, followed by flashing logos to the blaring tune of elevator rock seem to be somewhat better.

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  3. My favorite line by Stevyn · · Score: 5, Funny
    The analogy comes straight from Mr. Schare. "It's like buying a car," he said. "If you want to get the latest safety features, you have to buy the latest model."

    This is like getting a letter from Ford saying they forgot to put in the airbag and if you want one, buy a new Mustang.

  4. Re:LINK NSFW (NOT SAFE FOR WORK) by Dogtanian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bleh, it contains nudity

    To be fair, the fox in the original FireFox logo was also naked.

    Actually, most foxes are naked for that matter...

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  5. Re:Buy a new PC? by turgid · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm not entirely how buying new hardware will ultimately prevent the same _software_ bugs from reoccuring.

    It will if you buy it from Apple. :-)

    /me ducks

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