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IBM Backs Firefox In-House

Posted by Zonk on from the adopt-a-fox dept.

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. Dependence on rival's product? by rovingeyes · · Score: 0, Redundant
    From the article: "For IBM, the move is a significant step in lessening dependence on a product from rival Microsoft"

    Right, and by changing browser they lessen the dependence, woohoo!

  2. Re:Download count by MikeCapone · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I doubt that they'll download it 20,000 times. They will probably install them all from the same download, which is something that the people who complain about the representativeness of the download counter always forget. Sure one person might download it more than once, but what about those who download it once and install it many times?

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