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Firefox-Based Start-Up Gets Off The Ground

Posted by Zonk on from the more-brains-make-light-work dept.

rudy_wayne writes "ZDNet is reporting that a new version of the Firefox Web browser is coming your way, but not from the Mozilla Foundation. 'When we launch our own services, in about a month or so, we'll be looking to offer the must-have companion to Firefox,' said Bart Decrem, Round Two CEO and a former staffer at the Mozilla Foundation. 'We see tremendous room for innovating on top of the Mozilla and Firefox platform, and we see ourselves as the first company outside of the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation that's fully dedicated to serving Firefox users.' Round Two planned a corporate launch Monday night with the promise of bringing 'a new crop of products and services that will enhance your Firefox experience.'"

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  1. Open Source Competition by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Isn't there a risk for their company that anything they implement will be replicated by the open source community?

    1. Re:Open Source Competition by cuerty · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Like Wine (The Windows API emulator for *nix variants) with Cedega (ex WineX) and CrossOver Office, there is always a space for the development over open source software from enterprises with restricted licences.

      --
      >Linux is not user-friendly.
      It _is_ user-friendly. It is not ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly.
  2. I don't like that phrase by dalmiroy2k · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "'a new crop of products and services that will enhance your Firefox experience.'"

    That sounds a lot like Ads and spyware toolbars!
    If that happens, I will be returning to IE! ;-)

  3. Re:Want to bet? by LnxAddct · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Really? Because I see a huge need in the enterprise arena for some sophisticated permissions in firefox along with a central managemnet application for enterprises who want to deploy firefox. As long as the price is right I think it'd be huge. There are plenty of other things that I can think of that would sell well as additions to firefox's base. And as far as Open Source not being able to make any money... please go tell that to Red Hat and Novell and come back to me when your worth even just 1 thousandth what they are. I hate responding to trolls but sometimes it must be done.
    Regards,
    Steve

  4. Safe haven for non-geeks? by Neoncow · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Intitial reaction on Slashdot: "They're trying to charge for something we already know and love! Oh noes!!"

    Somehow, I don't think this product is targetted towards most geeks. It seems to me that they should be aiming at people who are starting to hear about Firefox. People have heard that Firefox is supposed to solve their security problems and introduce new features to make browsing easy. It's supposed to come with all sorts of cool extentions that you can download and customise your browsing experience.

    Most of the cool stuff that geeks do with Firefox is free and easy; we install extensions at a whim, customise the security settings, and tweak about:config to our liking. The problem is, most people find these activties confusing and time consuming.

    Extensions: Which one do I choose? How do I know which one has bugs? What do I do if it breaks the browser?
    Geeks know that you: a) Try them all! b) Read up on some forums for past experince. c) Backup your settyings and do a quick re-istall!
    Well, there you go. People think you need to be a super computer genius to do all of those things.

    Perhaps this company could be useful as the AOL of the open source community.