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... or at home.
I talked with a home user who knew what a browser was, I'm pleased to say.

I was asked about Firefox, which had come up in a news story, whether it was worth installing.

I glared at the inquirer and said, "Do you want to keep your job?" The reaction was confused, but the answer was, "Yes."

"Well", I said, "Open source is the work of people who believe that no one should be paid for writing code for computers. They think software should be free, for anyone to do with as they choose. Last refuge of the hippies.
Do you want to use hippie software?"

Mike, there's one less Firefox users out there.
A bit at a time, we'll make it safe for people to earn a living. Keep up the good work.
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Great browser  svine | 06/18/04
GREAT.. Indeed. I love it.  shawkins | 06/21/04
I'm a convert  Arrg | 06/18/04
I hate to admit it  V Sanders | 06/18/04
Re: I hate to admit it  none none | 06/18/04
what differance?  V Sanders | 06/19/04
You are either blind or on crack!  Harry Butts | 06/20/04
Use the scoll bars  Sagat | 06/21/04
Don't use FireFox on this intranet....  Mike Cox | 06/18/04
Just curious...  Michael Kelly | 06/18/04
Yeah...right.  G7 | 06/18/04
Mike, how I have missed you.  nucrash | 06/18/04
I'm also glad to see you coming back to form  shallow_diver | 06/18/04
Mike glad you're back!  drichards1953 | 06/18/04
... or at home.  Anton Philidor | 06/18/04
*golf clap*  ryusen | 06/18/04
Hi, Mike!  Grayson_Peddie | 06/18/04
Did you know...  Linux_Developer | 06/19/04
No, I didn't. I believe his version of IE isn't the latest...  Grayson_Peddie | 06/20/04
Mike Cox isn't a troll; he's a humorist.  Linux_Developer | 06/21/04
sounds like  bluestreak_z | 06/18/04
Oh, you're back!  CobraA1 | 06/19/04
IE6 does support PNG and CSS2.  Grayson_Peddie | 06/19/04
Not completely!  CobraA1 | 06/20/04
Thank you for telling me that.  Grayson_Peddie | 06/20/04
heh  CobraA1 | 06/21/04
One more thong  CobraA1 | 06/21/04
Hey Mike, to be realistic with you...  Grayson_Peddie | 06/20/04
C'mon, it's just a joke!  Linux_Developer | 06/21/04
Nope. No money to be made in open source.  Michael Kelly | 06/18/04
bad example though...  ryusen | 06/18/04
So what?  Michael Kelly | 06/18/04
Roadkill?  Linux_Developer | 06/18/04
That one got me too  IT_User | 06/18/04
Firefox is it  Tim Patterson | 06/18/04
Been using Firefox for over a year now  voska | 06/18/04
For those who want to download the best browser on the planet..  Jeff Spicoli | 06/18/04
Best Browser  mbraincell@... | 06/18/04
Good Job, Mozilla Team!!!  Mike Rotch | 06/18/04
Much Better Than Wormer Spreader IE  claytonmuhler | 06/18/04
Another Firefox Convert  tbbrickster_z | 06/18/04
Untrue  nikoli | 06/18/04
Nothing's bug free  voska | 06/18/04
PrefBar  IT_User | 06/18/04
Tried It... Don't Like It  nikoli | 06/18/04
What is Nokia doing?  Anton Philidor | 06/18/04
Here's the Opera discussion from the article.  Anton Philidor | 06/18/04
but why is it so wrong?  ryusen | 06/18/04
Why might Mozilla be cheaper?  Anton Philidor | 06/18/04
Why the endless fascination over who's getting paid??  Jeff Spicoli | 06/18/04
Odd, I don't own Nikes.  Anton Philidor | 06/18/04
Mozilla's popularity is problably why  voska | 06/18/04
Is Mozilla/Firefox more popular than Opera?  Anton Philidor | 06/18/04
Size is of little matter  voska | 06/21/04
Which translates to viability, see below.  IT_User | 06/18/04
why?  ryusen | 06/21/04
Might be a viability question  IT_User | 06/18/04
Mozilla's changing reputation  Anton Philidor | 06/18/04
No idea about Firefox  IT_User | 06/19/04
They're only at 0.9 for Firefox  NemesisNL | 06/19/04
Considering Firefox  Anton Philidor | 06/19/04
a point or two . . .  CobraA1 | 06/20/04
Reasonable thoughts  Anton Philidor | 06/20/04
I would really like mozilla better  V Sanders | 06/18/04
I wouldn't go with Nokia if it contains Mozilla.  Grayson_Peddie | 06/18/04
that's your right to choose, ian't it nice to have several to pick from?  oldskool | 06/19/04
Uh-oh. Now you're sounding like D A E M O N.  Linux_Developer | 06/19/04
After observing several  Linux User 147560 | 06/20/04
Maybe he's another form of Da-Man.  Linux_Developer | 06/21/04

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