Firefox Exec Says Windows Bundling Is a Bad Idea

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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Re:Ironic

[Kokuyo]

One word: Citrix. We've had to recommend that users upgrade to IE7 because some things wouldn't work, allegedly, with anything below. I am sticking to 6 and it still works but still, that's how a lot of people get to use IE7.

I religiously uninstall IE7 from any server I come across and exclude it from future updates. Unfortunately, not all colleagues are this thorough.

Re:Let's see here

[mcgrew]

I know you're joking, but it's been my observation that the opposite is true. If you say anything at all bad about Microsoft, no matter how true, you're modded "troll" or "flamebait".

OTOH look at the post you responded to: 2, interesting. And your post modded 2, insightful despite the fact that it is so obviously incorrect or the GP wouldn't have a 2.

There are a lot of people working at Redmond, they're all logged in to slashdot and many of them have mod points. I expect this (my) comment to be downmodded, but you never know.

Note: Uncyclopedia is "the content-free encyclopedia" and when they quote Gates as saying "Netcraft confirms it - Slashdot *is* filled with Linux fanboys" you're NOT supposed to take it seriously.