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Windows Advantage Validation Process On Firefox

Posted by Zonk on from the recognizing-a-worthy-competitor dept.

GraemeDonaldson writes "According to this IE Blog entry, Microsoft seems to be serious about supporting non-IE browsers. Mention is made of a Windows Media Player plugin for Firefox. The Windows Genuine Advantage validation process now works in Firefox too. From the article: 'Basically, customers said "We want to make sure our PCs are running genuine Windows and have access to all the content on the Microsoft Download Center; the experience when we're running a Mozilla browser is not great. Do something about it." Brad's team did. I think that's a good thing for customers.'"

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  1. Re:But... by Cerv · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Perhaps if you distributed Firefox without the GPL notice.

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  2. Where there's a will... by SeanDuggan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your conjugation is fine, third-person present tense. However, it's "a sense of humor" not "humor sense." ^_^ Otherwise, very good for a non-native English speaker. Those of us who are natives have enough trouble as it is.

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  3. Re:But... by Orgazmus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    dont make me do this.. i dont want to continue this lame thread..
    aww..
    well, im free for the night, anyone got some plans?

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  4. Re:But... by hunterx11 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Whosh? No, that can't be right. I'm stumped.

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  5. Re:But... by poningru · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and a fourth... sigh nm

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  6. Re:But... by fuzzix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Firefox isn't GPL licensed... it's released under the MPL.

    Or am I missing something?