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Gareth · 23-11-2004, 20:11

Interesting article - it's kinda hypocritical of Mozilla to do this secretly and then claim Firefox to be free of spyware/malware.

At a time when they're trying desperately to gain public awareness and acceptance of Firefox, I don't think this was a particularly good idea on Mozilla's part. They surely must have realised that this would become public knowledge, and that the backlash would not be pleasant.

No matter how much revenue this company were prepared to offer them, I think this was a crazy decision to have taken. Mozilla isn't supposed to be profit-driven, ffs!

23-11-2004, 20:11	#2
Gareth cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Age: 51 Posts: 7,101	Re: Firefox including Adware? Interesting article - it's kinda hypocritical of Mozilla to do this secretly and then claim Firefox to be free of spyware/malware. At a time when they're trying desperately to gain public awareness and acceptance of Firefox, I don't think this was a particularly good idea on Mozilla's part. They surely must have realised that this would become public knowledge, and that the backlash would not be pleasant. No matter how much revenue this company were prepared to offer them, I think this was a crazy decision to have taken. Mozilla isn't supposed to be profit-driven, ffs!