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Story: Firefox sneaks into the enterprise

Posted by: Rodd Clarkson (Thursday 3 March 2005, 3:17 AM)

I really welcome Firefoxes movement onto corporate Windows desktops.

Firefox is the thin edge of the wedge showing corporate IT deparments that open source isn't about using Linux, it's about have a choice.

Firefox is corporations that they can have a great browser and not be limited to a choice of desktops. It's showing corporations that for all Microsoft's talk about security and the dangers of open source, the reality is that open source produces good software faster. It's showing corporations that instead of having to choose the desktops based on a web-browser, they can choose their desktops based on need.

With the addition of Thunderbird and OpenOffice.org, these companies are starting to realize that Windows isn't the only choice they have, and that they can actually choose to use one bit of software without having to choose a platfrom at the same time. And that file formats don't have to limit your softare choices, but instead can enable your business to do more.

It won't be long before these same companies start to ask why every software user needs to use expensive Windows software instead of cheaper, but still great quality, Linux software.

Thank you firefox for freeing our minds.