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Groklaw: Firefox FUD is Born

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 29, 2005

“Unbelievably enough, a Jupiter analyst, Michael Gertenberg, has
written an opinion piece which ComputerWorld, unbelievably enough,
has printed, cautioning businesses that they might want to think
twice about switching from IE to Firefox because ‘Firefox lacks the
ability to run Microsoft ActiveX code…’

“You may think he was doing a parody for Onion, but I think he’s
serious. Yes, friends, I believe we are seeing the birth of the
anti-Firefox FUD…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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