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Speakeasy Embraces Firefox
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.
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?
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.
does speakeasy make firefox ? no ? then why put their name and their "toolbar"cough*spyware all over a product that has _nothing_ to do with them,
all they are doing is destroying the Firefox brand
im fed up removing branding as it is from companies that are nothing more than middlemen (like packard bell)
they brand the desktop,ie,outlook even the friggin bios is branded all for a company that actually makes nothing
why cant they just sell/supply the product without their shitty logos everywhere, its my computer so leave the god damm thing alone