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Competition Foothold
People were moaning about IE integration into Windows becaused it eliminated any chance for a company to SELL a browser. Firefox is free.

"The Mozilla Foundation, spun off from AOL Time Warner last year as a nonprofit, carries on the open-source development work launched in 1998 by Netscape Communications and its Mozilla.org wing. Considered a pioneer in the realm of company-sponsored open-source work, Mozilla nonetheless failed until recently to produce a strong challenger to IE."

MS isn't facing competition. MS is facing a user exodus. I left a long time ago and even spent money on Opera and have never regretted the cost traded for reduced vulnerability and enhanced usability. People that turn to Firefox have had enough of the lack of innovation and security for IE. It was only a matter of time before open source would surpass MS. BTW, even the earlier beta's for Firefox surpassed IE with regard to innovation. It's just now that the hype and hoopla are getting press.

Note that no one has been able to compete and sell an alternative OS either. Linux is gaining ground because it works well and it's free too. This is great as we all need an alternative to the MS empire. But please realize that nothing really competes with MS in the "pay for software" desktop marketplace. We can only hope that the F/OSS community continues to thrive.
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Great to see Mozilla driving choice. Great to see Billy squirm.  DonnieBoy | 09/20/04
What I find interesting  rapson | 09/21/04
Competition Foothold  jacarter3 | 09/21/04
Simple really...back in the day Netscape was an  Laff | 09/21/04
Hard to compare...  msdead | 09/23/04
The revolution will be televised!  Jeff Spicoli | 09/20/04
Microsoft has lost it's grass roots  Oscar_Goldman | 09/20/04
Not one download from my company...  Mike Cox | 09/20/04
Pretty good for a hip shot  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/20/04
I rather liked it...  Martin Marvinski | 09/20/04
7.5  d_jedi | 09/20/04
6.5  CobraA1 | 09/20/04
Oh really?  prong@... | 09/21/04
Here's the pitch... wow, it went right over his head!!!  James T. Kirk | 09/21/04
Actually the pitch was fairly accurate (As most of Mr Cos's are)  Laff | 09/21/04
You are and oddball that's for sure...  DigitalKid | 09/21/04
RE: You are [an] oddball  JakAttak | 09/22/04
rapid-fire deployment of all Microsoft technologies  msdead | 09/23/04
Internet Explorer? What's that?  skeptic tank | 09/20/04
Oh, you know...  Martin Marvinski | 09/20/04
Congrats to Mozilla team!!  STFU NOOB | 09/20/04
Bravo STFU NOOB....bravo!  Laff | 09/21/04
Yay! Power to the People  Bill_gates_Is_SATAN | 09/20/04
Hey fella, you really have problems.  Linux_Developer | 09/21/04
HA! Another one bites the dust  Bill_gates_Is_SATAN | 09/21/04
Wonder how many people..  d_jedi | 09/20/04
SP2 and Firefox  Roger Ramjet | 09/21/04
Oddly enough....  jvahabzadeh | 09/21/04
Not my experience....  ~rpb~ | 09/23/04
Good news for all....  Laff | 09/21/04
Great doubleclicks almighty  FilledOut | 09/21/04
I'm a Microsoft fan  rbethell | 09/21/04
A whole one millon? WOW!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/21/04
Maybe it's one guy with and unliimited prono budgeet...  Laff | 09/21/04
Have you REALLY tried it Ax?  Roger Ramjet | 09/21/04
A whole one millon  michael-t | 09/21/04
And think about the averages  AbsolutelyNot | 09/21/04
Once Again, Our Resident Village Idiot No_Ax Chimes In  itanalyst | 09/21/04
RE: A whole one millon? WOW!  JakAttak | 09/22/04
Using it now  AbsolutelyNot | 09/21/04
Good for you Tech Diva!  itanalyst | 09/21/04
Congratulations to the Firefox team  hipparchus2000 | 09/21/04
Yahoo, death to IE and Opera,  FilledOut | 09/22/04

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