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IBM Makes Firefox Its Corporate Browser

Posted by kdawson on from the good-thing-orange-goes-with-blue dept.

e9th writes "Ars Technica reports that IBM has adopted Firefox as its company-wide browser. Firefox will be installed on all new employee computers, and all 400,000 employees will be encouraged to use it. Speaking of encouraging Firefox use, IBM VP Bob Sutor blogs: 'We will continue to strongly encourage our vendors who have browser-based software to fully support Firefox.' I hope this means that if IBM can't navigate a vendor's site with Firefox, they'll just look elsewhere."

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  1. Bad news for banks by assertation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is bad news for banks and other big orgs that dodge supporting browsers other than IE giving the "cover story" that other browsers are wildcards in term of security.

    People will ask if IBM can do it, why can't they.

    I guess the admins of such orgs could always say
    "Well, we do not have the resources of an IT company giant"

    Yet, with all of those employees, going to all of those sites......

  2. Tell the vendors. by John+Hasler · · Score: 4, Insightful

    > I hope this means that if IBM can't navigate a vendor's site with Firefox,
    > they'll just look elsewhere.

    I hope this means that if IBM can't navigate a vendor's site with Firefox they'll tell the vendor why he is losing the sale.

    Buyer: "I tried to check on your Web site as you suggested but it doesn't seem to work with Firefox." Salesman: "Oh, yes. We only support IE." Buyer: "Get back to me when you've fixed your site."

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    Warning: this article may contain humor, sarcasm, parody, and perhaps even irony. Read at your own risk.
  3. Re:Not using a "Facebook" browser by hedwards · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Chrome isn't a better browser, it is faster at the moment, but it uses a lot of memory and isn't mature at this point. It's mostly fast by virtue of not having all the features that have made the competition somewhat bloated. But rest assured that Google realizes this and is in the process of larding it up.

    Being fast is one thing, but it's really pointless when it's spying on you and makes it a headache to use sites because it randomly refuses to show images without explanation. I have a sneaking suspicion that, that whole spying things probably has something to do with it not being chosen.