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:Way to Miss the Issue, PCPro.

[dedazo]

I can't believe that people working at Firefox could have missed these issues and suspect PCPro of selectively quoting people to deliver a M$ friendly message. ... That Mozilla would be accused of anti-trust practices like M$ is pure FUD

More like the Mozilla folks are lacking some strategic business sense and they made a statement that is either wrong or could be construed as such.

That wouldn't surprise me one bit, but then the Mozilla Foundation is not exactly a business powerhouse. They're bound to make mistakes like these. No need to go berserk with the "M$ IS TEH GHEY" routine. No one is dumb enough to believe that you can make a monopoly with free software.

Re:Way to Miss the Issue, PCPro.

[dedazo]

They're already out shilling for fun and profit. Expect a few more to jump in shortly.

Re:i agree with him completely

[dave420]

Uh-oh... correlation does not equal causation :) Netscape was a fucking AWFUL browser compared to IE. Pinning its downfall on MS's bundling of IE with Windows is a bit far-fetched.

Re:Ironic

[dontmakemethink]

It's as though IE5 and XP were "too good" by M$ standards. It's like making good software was a mistake they'll never repeat.