Speakeasy Embraces Firefox

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 26, 2005 @06:00AM from the when-free-is-valuable dept.

xdavexxx writes " Speakeasy, one of the largest DSL providers in the United States, recently announced that it will begin offering a specialized version of Mozilla Firefox to its customers. In doing so, they are one of the first internet companies to offer an official customized version of Firefox to its customers. This custom version of Firefox will keep the Firefox Google home page, but have the Speakeasy logo and feature a Speakeasy toolbar filled with links recommended by Speakeasy. No money was exchanged between the Mozilla Foundation and Speakeasy, as Firefox is open source and is freely available for use by anyone. Speakeasy's reasoning for this is simple; to increase the reliability and speed of its internet service." It should be pointed that Slashdot (and OSTG) have a partnership with Speakeasy.

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Wrong place to start by Anonymous Coward · 2005-01-26 06:10 · Score: 0, Troll

Speakeasy's reasoning for this is simple; to increase the reliability and speed of its internet service.
They might serve their customer's needs (and their own) better by doing something important, like, hmmm, offering virus scanners and firewalls to their customers.
Nice fluff piece, slashdot. How about something with some meat on the bone?
Majority now! by Anonymous Coward · 2005-01-26 06:15 · Score: 0, Troll

I wish more people used it

We could do something about it if someone implemented MajorityNow:

Surfs while your computer is idle to increase the browser usage stats for Firefox.

It was meant as a joke, but I think it could be done for real and it would make a difference in website statistics: I'd run it 24/7 on my office computer and I wouldn't be the only one.