Good 'ol Kiwi know how.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:21 pm

CLICKY

Ben Goodger, the lead developer of Firefox speaks out. Worth a read, if you care!

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 6:08 am

He's actually doing a presentation at the University of Auckland on Monday... unfortunately I won't be able to attend since I'm stuck in a lecture at precisely the same time...

roid · Post by **roid** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 9:55 am

The web browser wars are over and Microsoft won, right?

Well someone's forgotten to tell Ben Goodger and his team at the Mozilla Foundation because this Kiwi software engineer is taking market share from Internet Explorer (IE) with Firefox, the browser that's smaller yet smarter than just about anything else available.

i'm not sure how market share, for a FREE PRODUCT means anything. can anyone explain?

Defender · Post by **Defender** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:07 am

Taking market share doesn't mean they're making money, it means that they're basically taking people away from IE.
You don't have to pay for IE either.

roid · Post by **roid** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:52 am

yeah i know, that's my point.

why do EITHER of them really care? is there some kindof source of income here i'm not seeing?

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 1:26 pm

roid wrote:why do EITHER of them really care? is there some kindof source of income here i'm not seeing?

For MS sure, they use IE as sort of a gateway program to a whole host of web development software that they sell that only really works well in IE. Along with the consumer benefits like pointing them automatically to MSN and it's kin of services.

Defender · Post by **Defender** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 1:51 pm

roid wrote:why do EITHER of them really care? is there some kindof source of income here i'm not seeing?

Well, why develop a product if you don't want it to be popular?

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 2:05 pm

roid wrote:why do EITHER of them really care? is there some kindof source of income here i'm not seeing?

MS wants eveything, and others don't want them to have it?

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 5:10 pm

I d/l'd it, installed it, I'm hooked.

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 5:28 pm

yeah, I like it.