Comments on: Australian retailer offers 5% off to Firefox users

By: Jono

Jono — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:54:51 +0000

I dont care how they do it but we must get rid of IE and replace it Firefox!

By: Aussie Firefox users get discount « I’m Just an Avatar

Aussie Firefox users get discount « I’m Just an Avatar — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:11:47 +0000

[...] some issues with their website code when Percy Cabelo checked it out while writing his story for Firefox Links the other day, but hopefully this problem has been [...]

By: bard

bard — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:43:55 +0000

Nothing against promoting Firefox, Percy, I do so myself every day and cheer the efforts of those who do so with even greater resonance, including mozillalinks. This fan’s way of doing it though is borderline FUD (whether intentional or not) and unfair to the other good players in the arena. We can do better than that, no?

By: timfry

timfry — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:55:11 +0000

So if you type the code firefoxed into the code with IE, would it work? Sounds to me like some store was hoping to get some publicity for a 5% deal and found a good way to do it.

By: Negozio Online Australiano Offre uno Sconto del 5% a Chi Compra con Firefox! - TechFlakes

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:34:49 +0000

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By: Percy Cabello

Percy Cabello — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:06:30 +0000

Quite, it may not be the kind of activism Mozilla has in mind but it should somehow get the job (raising awareness, some downloads) done while possibly getting some attention from the media.

Then there’s a big difference between a CEO presenting his binary vision of the world and a fan promoting Firefox through his e-store.

By: New Media + IT » Get 5 percent off with Firefox

New Media + IT » Get 5 percent off with Firefox — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:39:39 +0000

[...] an Australian computer hardware and electronics retailer, has an interesting discount [press release]: To get the 5% off, Firefox users have to enter coupon code firefoxed in the [...]

By: bard

bard — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:37:16 +0000

Quite unfortunate.

Earlier this year John Lilly, Mozilla’s COO, criticized Apple’s duopolistic worldview [1]. Tekfix’s press release tries to sell a similar picture, only it’s just Firefox (not even Gecko) on the standards side and everyone else on the other. We know that isn’t true, and certainly not in the direction of choice and innovation either.

I bet Mozilla won’t be applauding this.

[1] http://john.jubjubs.net/2007/06/14/a-pictures-worth-100m-users/