The cake is a lie: IE team bakes a treat for Mozilla


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I think this is an awesome thing to do. Kudos to Microsoft (Y)

+1 again. Firefox is becoming a serious rival to Internet Explorer, but they're not trying to force them out or spread vicious rumours or false information (Apple, anyone? :whistle: ). They congratulate them on their success. It was only the launch, but I think it can officially be deemed a success from day 1, thanks to the Download Day campaign. A very smart move.

I'd just like to offer my congratulations to Mozilla for Firefox 3. It's actually pretty good! It's also good for IE, as FF3 is gonna convince Microsoft to put some extra effort into IE8, so everyone's a winner! :D

.... It might be poisonous!

its-a-trap.jpg

In all seriousness, that's cool though. Microsoft shouldn't be waiting after the competition to improve its products. Sure that's more economical, or at least you might think and have all your guys focused on other projects but look at this now, Firefox is serious and Opera deserves more attention but not enough PR and Marketing stunts on their side.

Maybe it is like the road to the super bowl... where all teams play...then it is down to two... then the loser congratulates the winner. (Just Kidding)...I use them both... Mostly use Firefox except on pages like

http://freedocumentaries.org/index.php

Where Firefox playing long files seems to slow down.

Though I think IE would be like a Ford without a Chevy (the competition) Plus they probably feel that people deserve a choice.

that is just my 2 cents...

Plus they probably feel that people deserve a choice.

Agree with you there. Shame the EU doesn't. There's nothing wrong with bundling your own software with your own operating system. That's the point. Apple do this, and no one cares. Microsoft does it, ridiculous fine!

This whole cake thing has me wondering what Microsoft has in store for Mozilla. I reckon they'll try and work with them on the next IE/Firefox and create a new browser, like "Mozilla Explorer" (yes, it's a crap name). Either that, or they might take the easy way out, and just buy Mozilla! :D

Agree with you there. Shame the EU doesn't. There's nothing wrong with bundling your own software with your own operating system. That's the point. Apple do this, and no one cares. Microsoft does it, ridiculous fine!

This whole cake thing has me wondering what Microsoft has in store for Mozilla. I reckon they'll try and work with them on the next IE/Firefox and create a new browser, like "Mozilla Explorer" (yes, it's a crap name). Either that, or they might take the easy way out, and just buy Mozilla! :D

Behold.. MicroZilla Browser 1.0 :laugh:

http://home.snafu.de/tilman/mozilla/stomps.html

The Netscape/Mozilla and IE teams have been pranking each other and such for years, It's definitely a friendly rivalry.

Edit: Yeah, I can't see MS releasing a GPL'ed web browser.

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