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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. No lock-in? by blat.info · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Avoiding vendor lock-in? I guess as long as nobody uses any Firefox specific hacks, then yeah. But what's the harm in vendor lock-in when it's free, I guess.

  2. Investing in Firefox on Y!'s Buzz market by otisg · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is a somewhat OT post, but it is Firefox related. You can now invest in Firefox on Yahoo's Buzz market.

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  3. Re:For those who don't know.... by G-funk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OT I know... but when will Hoppoate be kicked out of the league for life? He's a flamin disgrace that idiot....

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  4. Re:For those who don't know.... by zurtle · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    They never banned Mark Geyer for good. Anyway, Hopoate should be old enough to be forced into retirement when his next ban expires. He's a Mormon too, funny how these religious freaks are so barbaric.

    If you can't take the violence, switch to watching rugby! Here in NZ, we don't any of that, we only eye-gouge, stomp on heads and give the fingers to offensive South African crowds.

    Hmm, South Africa, don't even go there if you want to talk barbaric sportsmen.....

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  5. Re:For those who don't know.... by zurtle · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I'm glad I'm a non-Aussie so I cannot comprehend what has happened.

    FYI, I'm actually a Kiwi! We play league here too, even have a team in the NRL!

    I hope plenty of Mod points get wasted modding our comments Offtopic.... it's not as if people can't work that out....

    PS Vun Vurd About Zee Crikit And You Vill Be Shot Und Sendt To Zee Russian Front!

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  6. Re:eh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Also, another thing you may not know about Australians--

    They don't live in Austria.

    Huh, would you figure that?

    WE'VE LANDED ON THE MOON, EVERYBODY!!

  7. i dont mean to troll by mattyrobinson69 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but i find opera a better browser than firefox and i dont think it gets as much credit as it deserves.

    I dont say this to put firefox down - i think its a really good browser, just that opera is even better.