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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. eh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    that's very nice, but why should we trust an opinion from the land of Adolf and Arnold?

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

      Hello, my name is Lloyd Christmas.
      Oh, you're from Austria?
      Well, G'day, mate. Throw another shrimp on the barbie.

  2. Is Firefox really more secure than IE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Everyone touts Firefox being more secure than IE, but is it really? After reaching a critial mass it will be a target for malware writer and the larger the install base the more bugs that will be found. I wonder if Firefox is really any better than IE (which I consider to be a superior product) when it becomes mainstream.

    1. Re:Is Firefox really more secure than IE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Hey, can I get a job from microsoft to plug their products on /. too? Because they must be paying you a bundle to get you to say that the slower and featureless ie has anything on Firefox.

  3. Of course they liked it... by nmb3000 · · Score: 1, Troll

    [begin thick Australian accent]
    Firefox, Australian for beer.
    [end accent]

    Maybe they were confused?

    --
    "What do you despise? By this are you truly known." --Princess Irulan, Manual of Muad'Dib
    /)
  4. Re:For those who don't know.... by NMEismyNME · · Score: 0, Troll

    Identical article, but shows that the coverage is even bigger than you might initially expect if you weren't familiar with Fairfax.

    It's spelled firefox

  5. Re:Shame [winhat] by winhat · · Score: -1, Troll

    You can lead a horse to water, but you are the least interesting person i've met all day. This pretty much makes firefox unusable to the point of no return has not yet been passed. A dog is a state of deep unconsciousness. A mercenary is a living organism which does not want to be justified by the police.