Firefox's success proves that the open-source process can reach beyond geekdom to serve—and even delight—Just Plain Users. And that when the Empire has no clothes, people will go out and find some new threads on their own.Read the rest at MSNBC.com and next week in Newsweek. Posted by asa at January 15, 2005 09:03 PM
[quote]...Poole says that when it comes to making improvements to Explorer, Microsoft is constrained by its unique responsibility to make sure it works smoothly with all existing Web pages.[/quote]
I guess that's one way to look at it. :)
For Bill Gates, the idea of a movement to some other browser is a disruption to the natural order of things. "Explorer is going to be the primary browser used on Windows, and for anyone to suggest otherwise is just irresponsible," he told me last October. Seventeen million Firefox downloads later, it's clear that rhetoric alone won't stem this tide.
(Update 1/16: 18 Million :)
I think Bill should hire 'Baghdad Bob' as the new M$ spokesperson:
Lying is forbidden [at Micro$oft]. [Chairman Bill Gates] will tolerate nothing but truthfulness as he is a man of great honor and integrity. Everyone [at Micro$oft] is encouraged to speak freely of the truths evidenced in their eyes and hearts.
Posted by: Limulus on January 16, 2005 01:56 AM