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Firefox Exec Says Windows Bundling Is a Bad Idea

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bounce-test-failed dept.

eldavojohn writes "The Firefox executives say they don't want to be bundled with Windows. Firefox architect Mike Conner also said this of Opera, 'Opera's asserting something that's provably false. It's asserting that bundling leads to market share. I don't know how you can make the claim with a straight face. As people become aware there's an alternative, you don't end up in that [monopoly] situation. You have to be perceptibly better [than Internet Explorer].' He also told PCPro that they are worried about becoming the next monopoly just like Microsoft is now."

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  1. It's Bull Shit (TM) from the Wintel People. by freenix · · Score: 0, Funny

    "Bundling" is a lie. OEM manipulation and technical sabotage are the truth. Calling Mozilla a "Monopoly" is just plain stupid.

  2. Re:Bundling doesn't crearte market share? by UberMorlock · · Score: 2, Funny

    Exactly. Just two weeks ago, I had to re-install Windows on my wife's aunt's machine. It took me almost an hour to explain that the blue E is not Windows and another hour to explain that she does NOT need the blue E. I installed both Firefox (w/Adblock, Flashblock, etc) and Opera for her and showed her she doesn't need the blue E. Then, I told her not to use Internet Explorer again.

  3. Re:Note to self by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Perhaps it prevents competitors from entering the market by virtue of its obviously unsurpassable niftyness? I mean really... why bother? ;-)

  4. i agree with him completely by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    after all, look how miserably microsoft failed trying to dent netscape's marketshare when it started bundling internet explorer with windows

    will anyone ever take netscape down as top dog of the browser wars?

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    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
  5. Re:Ironic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So you're saying you're part of the problem.

  6. Imagine... by denzacar · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... a virus doing just that?

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    Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
  7. Re:Reasoning Fail. by ethicalBob · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thanks.. I had totally forgotten about 4.7 until you posted this. You just ruined about $5,000 worth of therapy... My shrink will be so pleased...

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    Politics will sooner or later make fools of everybody... - Dick Armey
  8. Re:Bundling doesn't crearte market share? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And why would he want to kill of a renewable source of revenue by preventing them from getting more spyware?