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Silicon.com: Mozilla CEO: ‘Why We’re Still Shunned in the Enterprise’

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 24, 2006

“Mozilla, maker of the open source Firefox web browser and
Thunderbird email client, says a reliance on proprietary
technologies is still an obstacle for IT directors looking to
deploy open source in the enterprise.

“Mozilla Corporation CEO Mitchell Baker readily admitted to
silicon.com that the enterprise is ‘not our sweet spot’ but said
the organisation offers an enterprise customisation kit created by
an IBM developer and said it’s interested in working with partners
to address the needs of corporate IT…”


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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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