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Good Start - But Hardly a Competitor
Firefox is a good browser, but like any other browser, has it's flaws.
Thunderbird is an OK mail client, but hardly a competitor to MS Outlook.

I think the two apps have a lot of potential, but all this blah, blah about how they are threatening the MS throne, is just that...blah, blah.

I am all for competition, and will gladly try new products, but I am not going to dump my current apps for something new, unless the new products are truly better than what I have now.

And right now the open source alternatives to IE and Outlook are not good enough for me to make the switch. I will keep watching them, and hopefully, in the near future, they will reach a caliber that will convince me to make the switch.
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MSArrogance 2.0  rfsimms | 12/22/04
I've Seen Both Thunderbird and Sunbird  itanalyst | 12/22/04
Bagdad Bob?  DarthRidiculous | 12/22/04
The old saying goes...  tero_t_vaananen@... | 12/23/04
Arrogance?  Prognosticator | 12/23/04
Yeah Arrogance  DarthRidiculous | 12/23/04
Well, MS does have a point. The way Outlook ingegrates  Pinkerton | 12/23/04
Well Done Mozilla (MS is using the same defence for OUTLOOK as IE)  carl0ski | 12/22/04
Re: MS is using the same defense for Outlook  alterego_z | 12/23/04
Argue with a wall...  Christopher McLendon | 12/23/04
Most users are clueless  voska | 12/23/04
Re: argue with a wall  alterego_z | 12/23/04
You just proved yourself clueless  Sxooter_z | 12/23/04
Doesn't it bother you...  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/26/04
this bothers me...  Lumen mundi | 12/01/05
Thunderbird just needs polishing  Nigel Johnstone | 12/23/04
A few more suggestions  Nigel Johnstone | 12/23/04
Send them to Mozilla  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/26/04
Mozilla's Lightning to strike Outlook?  Loverock Davidson | 12/23/04
It would be better in a Conferencing client  Nigel Johnstone | 12/23/04
You may be right  Loverock Davidson | 12/23/04
You both  htotten | 12/23/04
It's about time...  gtdworak | 12/23/04
i agree with you here...  Monkey_MCSE | 12/23/04
Choice is ALWAYS a good thing!  Laff | 12/23/04
I love the smell of competition in the morning  Squawkbox | 12/23/04
And don't forget..  Jeff Spicoli | 12/23/04
In the collaboration arena choice is there and has been.  htotten | 12/23/04
Well since title makes it seem like Mozilla's out to get MS  FilledOut | 12/23/04
hehe, functional equivalent to Xbox  Sxooter_z | 12/23/04
Didn't they already flush money down the toilet  FilledOut | 12/24/04
just the donation for the ads did what the ad was intended to do  JasonL31 | 12/26/04
Probably not as much as revenue  FilledOut | 12/27/04
Got news for ya-  wiskowst | 12/28/04
Ssshh, that's the thing you keep secret  FilledOut | 12/29/04
Calendar+ Skype, Thunderbird + Bittorrent  Nigel Johnstone | 12/23/04
Let me expand part ...  Nigel Johnstone | 12/23/04
Counting on Exchange  Chad_z | 12/23/04
It will be a long road....  htotten | 12/23/04
Blech! Group - notsowise  Confused by religion | 12/24/04
Not aimed at the enterprise  CobraA1 | 12/25/04
So...  mastercko | 12/01/05
Good Start - But Hardly a Competitor  jpr75_z | 12/28/04
Microsoft started in a garage wink  CobraA1 | 12/28/04
ActiveX  AdeOghert | 12/29/04
So...who needs Exchange?  ponderworks@... | 01/14/05

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