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Veenified
September 21st, 2007, 01:56 AM
An excerpt reads:
"[...]Which is exactly what Mozilla has managed to do with Firefox, which is easy to download and modify. They have even taken away some functions to reduce the "button count". Maybe Mozilla's marketing skills should be harnessed by Linux to turn a wonderful product into something people actually want to use."

This article talks about how ignoring open source development could cost you dearly. I recommend taking a look:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/sep/20/guardianweeklytechnologysection.comment1

"Ignoring open source is costing us dear"
by Victor Keegan
The Guardian
Thursday September 20 2007

perce
September 21st, 2007, 04:51 AM
An excerpt reads:
"[...]They have even taken away some functions to reduce the "button count".


In fact I have no way to decide which plug-in it should use for playing video files. Good job!