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IceWeasel — Why Closed Source Wins

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the some-say-the-world-will-end-in-fire dept.

engtech writes, "There's been some hype about the Debian fork of FireFox called IceWeasel. Politics aside, this is a bad idea because it fragments the user base, divides the focus, and opens the path for Microsoft and Internet Explorer 7 to regain marketshare."

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  1. Missing the point... by roster238 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The point of open source software is to allow users the freedom to modify the code to meet their needs. If you restrict users to one single unmodified browser for the sake of unity then we have met the enemy and he is us.

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