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Inquirer Blasts Mozilla for Microsoft-Style Bashing

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

DoubleWhopper writes "An article over at The Inquirer blasts Mozilla and "lead Firefox engineer" Ben Goodger for resorting to Microsoft-style bashing of Netscape for their recent flawed release. After posting excerpts if scathing comments from readers of Goodger's own blog, the author comments, "I wonder why should companies contribute or fund the Mozilla Foundation, if any derivative work or redistribution of the Foundation's browsers they create is going to raise the FUD mocking and anger of Mozilla's 'lead engineer'". This after Christopher Aillon's (of RedHat) reaction last week."

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  1. Re:Bwuah? by winkydink · · Score: 5, Funny

    It doesn't have to be false to sow Fear, Uncertainty, or Doubt.

    There's another name for it when it's false. It's called Marketing^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hlying. :)

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  2. Can we start linking the original articles? by stlhawkeye · · Score: 4, Funny

    We've got a link to two old Slashdot stories, the Inquirer's main page, and the Inquirer article to which this article is alluding. You people need to start including the actual articles that you're talking about so I can bitch at people for not RTFA when they post comments.

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    1. Re:Can we start linking the original articles? by coop0030 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I didn't even know there were links to articles in summaries. Where are these so called articles?

      Is that what people keep posting about?!? :)

  3. The Inquirer? by truthsearch · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Inquirer? The same Inquirer that blasts Brittany when she's caught not wearing make-up is complaining about Mozilla's bashing?

    Oh, wait, wrong tabloid...

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  4. Learning English with the Inquirer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A new usage of the word "with":

    "remember I got Netscape 8.01 with is based on the latest Firefox 1.04"

  5. Re:Bashful by pohl · · Score: 2, Funny
    (except when microsoft bashes, then its evil)

    Subtle distinction here: bashing that uses truth, and bashing that distorts it.

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  6. Word of the day: blasts by dtfinch · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's no longer enough to refer to it as simple criticism. Now whenever someone complains about someone else, it spreads to all the major news sites under the title "x blasts y".

  7. Oblig. Monty Python by UnknowingFool · · Score: 2, Funny
    Inquirer Blasts Mozilla for Microsoft-Style Bashing

    We apologize. Those that have been in charge of the blasting the blasted have been blasted.

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  8. Re:Honesty is the best policy... by CoderBob · · Score: 2, Funny

    I dunno, I prefer to call them "Shovels".