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Re: [OSS] Dell Now Pressured to Preinstall Mozilla Firefox (Not Just in the UK)

  • Subject: Re: [OSS] Dell Now Pressured to Preinstall Mozilla Firefox (Not Just in the UK)
  • From: p5000011 <p5000011@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 20:39:48 +0000 (UTC)
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
  • References: <1834146.rY2RsKxJcy@schestowitz.com> <1178222958.271510.294550@c35g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
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  • Xref: ellandroad.demon.co.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:520137
On Thu, 03 May 2007 13:09:18 -0700, peterwn wrote:

> On May 4, 12:05 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Firefox users urge Dell to preinstall the browser
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | On IdeaStorm, the Firefox preinstall petition has collected more than
>> | 70,000 votes since its introduction Feb. 19, a day after the
>> | opinion-collecting site went live. Only the pleas for OpenOffice,
>> | with more than 96,000, and preinstalled Linux, with 132,000, have
>> | collected more votes.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id%3b257374685%3bfp%3b16%3b...
> 
> This would irritate Bill and Steve even more than Dell selling Linux
> loaded computers.

Only if they set it as the default browser and get it to work with Windows
update. As everyone knows, including the wintrolls, Windows is like swiss
cheese from a security point of view. Without the monthly security patches
any Windows box is a target to be exploited. Even with them Windows is a
target to be exploited.

It is all about education. When people start switching from bug riddled
Microsoft apps to more secure OSS apps the penny will drop. Why do they
need Windows? Just run the OSS apps they need under Linux. Linux is ready.
Are the OEM's? Dell thinks so.

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