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- lucianolev, on 11/11/2009, -1/+17Yes, 'cause VLC, Wikipedia, Apache, PHP, MySQL, Java.. or the Linux kernel itself.. they are not successful, nobody use them..
- jackirock, on 11/11/2009, -2/+9Mozilla is really great organization. Mozilla guys really work hard. keep it up guys..! :)
- talonh, on 11/11/2009, -0/+6Yeah, great if desktop market share is the only measure of success. It's not
- ethos101, on 11/11/2009, -2/+8Microsoft doesn't subscribe to the open source philosophy. So, what do you mean "pay attention, Microsoft?" They play a different game by different rules. I don't think they're going to switch to the open source model just because it's been successful, if that's what you're implying.
- Redzin, on 11/11/2009, -0/+5If you want speed and stability then IE8 is laughable compared to Chrome or Opera 10.
I agree that Firefox has become bloated and not as fast as it used to be, but I'd still say that it beats IE8 if you're running without extensions. - Krissam, on 11/11/2009, -0/+5Go FF, it's your birthday, go party like, it's your birthday, I wasn't invited, but it's okay, I'll just stay at home and play some video game :/
- cx0der, on 11/11/2009, -0/+3Thanks Mozilla and adblock plus for keeping the dragon at bay.
- PinkyTheWinky, on 11/11/2009, -2/+4This guyes writing is so mediocre and boring... really sucks... buried.
- drsjlazar, on 11/18/2009, -0/+1I really didn't get the point of that article... and neither was I more informed of the state of open source software. But this line "Microsoft should have embraced and smothered Linux years ago,..." exposes this guy as totally clueless when it comes to OSS.
- jasonbarone, on 11/11/2009, -1/+2The key is time? I don't think so.
The key is a good product and you build good products with good resources (people, money). - pyrates, on 11/11/2009, -1/+2The path to open source success is to believe your product will succeed for other reasons then it being open source.
- eklem, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Didn't think it was that boring, but not very accurate at the end, ranting instead of precise analysing.
- Sammi84, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1@Twinnie
Linux is one of the main server Operating Systems in the world and has been for many years. Linux usage is also sky rocketing on smartphones right at this moment. Why do people always get blinded by the low usage-share Linux has on the desktop? - svivian, on 11/11/2009, -3/+3The key to open source success is time? That's bull, the key is being able to make money out of it like Firefox does with its Google search, etc. It means they can put resources into making a product that works and is easy to use.
Compare to open source projects like Notepad++, FileZilla etc. Sure they do what they do fine, but they have horrible UIs and usability. - 3The3Dude3, on 11/12/2009, -1/+1Redzin, I've used both. Chrome was especially impressive at first. But where IE8 has proven superior to me is Flash. Chrome introduced me to the concept of isolated tabs. But IE8 made them actually work.
As far as Opera, it's a good browser. I especially liked Opera mini for the Blackberry and the desktop browser was fast.
That being said, it comes down to stability and security. IE7 was a mess for both. IE8's revamp of Trident made it, imo, superior to the current gecko and webkit offerings in both areas. - Bowie, on 11/11/2009, -12/+2
....My thoughts?
1999 called. They want to know what the Linux desktop market share is.
(Sorry for being so cynical, but... In my experience, based on working within various open source projects over the past 10 years, i've found that you might as well just cut to the chase, bend over, and hope they use lube,) - 3The3Dude3, on 11/11/2009, -12/+2To add to your point, if fanboys qualifies as the sole metric for measuring success, than Mozilla is a star. Microsoft has built an empire, measured in growth, retention and cash.
I used to love Firefox. But 3.5 is horrible and has been uninstalled from both of my machines. On the contrary, IE8 is much improved - quick enough - and incredibly stable. - Twinnie, on 11/11/2009, -15/+3Firefox is the only really successful open source project. I guess things like Chrome are open source, but that's hardly open for collaboration. Unless your standards for success include Linux's 1% desktop usage.
Take that Microsoft. - computershack, on 11/11/2009, -17/+4"Mozilla's success had demonstrated open source's potential."
Ubuntu's ***** in every release since 7.10 and all the dead projects have demonstrated open sources' failures.
Pay attention, Microsoft.
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