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Firefox and Open Standards the Way Forward

Posted by timothy on from the but-that's-just-the-wine-talking dept.

lamasquerade writes "A major Australian newspaper has a lengthy and detailed feature on open source/standards, avoiding vendor lock-in, and specifically the increasing uptake of Firefox by major organisations' IT departments. It touches on security and price advantages of open source but mainly focuses on open standards -- the perils of vendor lock-in, and their importance to technologies like the Internet and digital music. Linux, OpenOffice.org and even Bugzilla get a mention and all told it is a very pro-open source/standards article, especially considering it is in a mass-circulation publication."

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  1. 1998 called.... by syousef · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and wants its article back.

    Substitute Firefox with Mozilla, and throw in a reference to The Cathedral and the Bazaar while you're at it.

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  2. Henh. by Matilda+the+Hun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course major organizations use Firefox. A lot of the filtering software (i.e, Bess) only works on Internet Explorer (or whatever default browser they have). And if they can't play Solitare anymore, they have to do something...

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  3. Kind of vague article by interstellar_donkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Which Australian paper did you say it was in?"

    "A major one"

    "Yeah, but which one?"

    "A mass-circulation publication"

    "Seriously, which one?"

    "It has an article about open source!"

    "I see".

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  4. Re:This is a public service announcement by GeorgeMcBay · · Score: 5, Funny


    "YYYY called and it wants it's _____ back!"

    Your formula is going to fail when year 10000 rolls around. And won't you feel stupid for your shortsightedness then?

  5. Uhhhhh by fishmasta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow. Slashdot forums in article form. Scary. :::shudders:::