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Dell Pre-Installing Firefox in UK
seizer writes "Blake Ross, creator of Firefox, has confirmed on his blog that Dell are now shipping Firefox on all desktop and laptop machines in the UK. While rumours had been floating around before this, and UK buyers had been reporting that 1.0.6 came pre-installed, this is the first official confirmation of Dell's decision. Is the US next?"
Inside the corporate offices of Microsoft, an angel dies.
You used "Microsoft" and "angel" in the same sentence without the "of Darkness" phrase. You should know better.
Government's idea of a balanced budget: take money from the right pocket to balance...oh who am I kidding?
... is the day when software bundles is a Good Thing!
(err, right?)
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
Sounds like you'd swing from any default browser's balls...
I, for one, am outraged. Could you imagine if Microsoft did the same thing and had Internet Explorer installed on every new computer?
Oh wait...
Martini Glasses
You misunderstood, firefox is installed in addition to the inferior browser. IE is still shipping as it is "part of windows and cannot be removed" :-)
Inside the corporate offices of Microsoft, a chair is thrown.
It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.
- E. Debs
Is Dell shipping security risks now?
They've been shipping Windows for years, haven't they?
Rob
Considering the icy relationship between Microsoft and the European Union, I'd consider the former's ability to "strike back" limited.
- most of firefox features were in Opera first and
- Opera has features that will take years to be implemented in firefox and
- Opera's mail client was gmail like before gmail even existed and
- Opera is faster and has a smaller memory footprint than firefox and
- Opera is beautifully designed and integrated instead of being a patchwork frankenbrowser and
- Opera's download is smaller
slashdoters will still not love it. Why? Because Opera is not open source. Therefore, although most people won't ever modify Firefox's code, it will forever remain everyone's sweetheart.Firefox is not just a browser, it is a symbol of rebelion against the system. We should rename it the Ché-wser and make t shirts!
Cheers,
Adolfo
Opera user since forever.
Sir,
:|
I am not normally moved to put pen to paper these days, but I feel I ought to make an exception for your folly. I shall keep it simple, for it is clear that you are of a reactionary bent and I fear that a lengthy response might be a little too much for your poor little brain, triggering what I believe is termed a "buffer overflow".
I like to count myself amongst those of a gramatically Naziist persuasion, but I am always mindful of one golden rule - the central tenet of pointing out the mistakes of others, as it were - make damn well sure you are right before jumping into the fire. Failure to do so will result inevitably in a demonstration of your limited intellect to all and sundry, as is the case here.
I can only note in closing that it is a pity that you lack even the self-belief to attach a name to your comments - the anonymous grammar Nazi is perhaps held lower in the collective self-esteem than are the goatse and BSD trolls.
Yours faithfully
iqu