Comments on: Why Firefox is 100% organic software? http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/03/why-firefox-is-100-organic-software/ Your source for Mozilla news, tips, reviews, and more. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:11:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: J. McNair http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/03/why-firefox-is-100-organic-software/comment-page-1/#comment-60288 J. McNair Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:12:19 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/03/why-firefox-is-100-organic-software/#comment-60288 Agreed. "Organic" can apply to any successful open source product, allowing that a community of constituents (users and developers) determines the output, similar to how organs work in a human body. Of course, organic could apply to successful corporations, but it wouldn't apply as well to their products. Calling Windows or Oracle "organic" works about as well as calling a Ford truck organic. Closed source software development is not easily brandable, nor is it always bad for you. Finally, like processed food, it is necessarily everywhere. Still, Roman March noted that "organic" is losing its lustre from overuse, so maybe Mozilla's clever marketing is a little late. Agreed. “Organic” can apply to any successful open source product, allowing that a community of constituents (users and developers) determines the output, similar to how organs work in a human body.

Of course, organic could apply to successful corporations, but it wouldn’t apply as well to their products. Calling Windows or Oracle “organic” works about as well as calling a Ford truck organic. Closed source software development is not easily brandable, nor is it always bad for you. Finally, like processed food, it is necessarily everywhere.

Still, Roman March noted that “organic” is losing its lustre from overuse, so maybe Mozilla’s clever marketing is a little late.

]]> By: Roman http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/03/why-firefox-is-100-organic-software/comment-page-1/#comment-60282 Roman Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:55:27 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/03/why-firefox-is-100-organic-software/#comment-60282 The term "organic" is already nearly meaningless. I do not see the point of making it even more meaningless by, yes, diluting the term even more. What has been presented here to justify the term "organic" for Firefox could be worded equally well for Opera, Konqueror or even IE. This is silly. Stop it. The term “organic” is already nearly meaningless. I do not see the point of making it even more meaningless by, yes, diluting the term even more.
What has been presented here to justify the term “organic” for Firefox could be worded equally well for Opera, Konqueror or even IE. This is silly. Stop it.

]]> By: Ferdinand http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/03/why-firefox-is-100-organic-software/comment-page-1/#comment-60278 Ferdinand Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:19:27 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/03/why-firefox-is-100-organic-software/#comment-60278 "The reason consumers prefer organic goods in part are that they are better for you and your family. In a similar way, what we’re suggesting is that Firefox is better for you because it’s produced in a way that respects the user." It would be horrible if this was the reason 'organic' was used because a lot of organic foods aren't better for you or the environment. Most of organic food is more about marketing. “The reason consumers prefer organic goods in part are that they are better for you and your family. In a similar way, what we’re suggesting is that Firefox is better for you because it’s produced in a way that respects the user.”
It would be horrible if this was the reason ‘organic’ was used because a lot of organic foods aren’t better for you or the environment. Most of organic food is more about marketing.

]]> By: Jono http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/03/why-firefox-is-100-organic-software/comment-page-1/#comment-60276 Jono Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:16:52 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/03/why-firefox-is-100-organic-software/#comment-60276 It's probably got more to do with the very natural substances the developers smoke while they're doing their coding. It’s probably got more to do with the very natural substances the developers smoke while they’re doing their coding.

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