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//engtech: IceWeasel--Why Proprietary Software Will Always Win Out
Oct 13, 2006, 15 :00 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (9471 reads)

"Recently I came across a news article that made me stop and check the source--I was sure I must have stumbled on to the Onion or BBSpot. But no, this is really happening. FireFox isn't 'open source' enough, and thus IceWeasel was born, a separate version of the geek-popular web browser with a different name and logo.

"I thought this would be another blip that would quickly disappear but it seems to be getting more attention..."

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yet another person who thinks that havin ...   yet another...   
Petem
Oct 13, 2006, 15:52:21
 
But about freedom, seems that a lot of t ...   It wasn't about "open source"   
Jon
Oct 13, 2006, 16:24:13
 
Yet another person that does not underds ...   Re: yet another...   
GerardM
Oct 13, 2006, 17:32:15
 
This article is written as if Open Sourc ...   Who decides?   
Steve Stites
Oct 13, 2006, 18:37:15
 
  There were plenty of reasons for the n ...   Another stupid article   
Mantar
Oct 13, 2006, 19:08:25
 
> But about freedom, seems that a lot of ...   Re: It wasn't about   
CyberPict
Oct 13, 2006, 21:36:18
 
Open source is free. In the FLOSS commun ...   free free free...   
Henry Zhu
Oct 13, 2006, 22:22:48
 
Uh IE is already forked to begin with.   ...   Re: Re: It wasn't about   
rascalson
Oct 14, 2006, 00:42:17
 
I dislike your comment. ...   Well then   
Zaphod Zardoz
Oct 14, 2006, 07:10:51
 
> Open source is free. Open Source softw ...   Re: free free free...   
Jon
Oct 14, 2006, 11:29:33
 
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