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IBM Backs Firefox In-House

An anonymous reader wrote in with the link to a CNet story describing IBM's adoption of the Firefox browser for internal use. From the article: "Firefox is already used by about 10 percent of IBM's staff, or about 30,000 people. Starting this past Friday, IBM workers could download the browser from internal servers and get support from the company's help desk staff. IBM's commitment to Firefox is among its most prominent votes of confidence from a large corporation."

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  1. And by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It runs great on OS/2! I can format floppies and browse the web... AT THE SAME TIME!!!

  2. Microsoft Counter by xCepheus · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news Microsoft countered by saying that after conducting an extensive poll of it's thousands of employees that "tabbed browsing" was not something that internet users wanted.

    They also added that most Softies said that 1 "tab" would be enough for anyone.

  3. Re:Google article withdrawl by M3rk1n_Muffl3y · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's Friday and the Google crew is out playing Volleyball.

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  4. Re:Google article withdrawl by rjelks · · Score: 4, Funny

    "It's Friday and the Google crew is out playing Volleyball."

    I think you mean Dodgeball.

  5. Re:Good reference case by Glowing+Fish · · Score: 4, Funny

    No one ever got fired for imitating IBM.

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  6. Re:Download count by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    So using RIAA math, there are at least 800 million Firefox users since every copy of the 80 million downloaded files is illegaly copied by ten people. Opera Software could make a claim that it's lost 31.2 billion dollars in revenues due to Firefox. I heard rumors that Darl McBride have shown interest of becoming the CEO of Opera Software...