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paying for firefox and thunderbird

2005-08-18, 6:57 PM #1

Darth Evad

Not Really a Genius

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mozilla goes corporate.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1843267,00.asp
please tell me i'm misinterpretting this.

2005-08-18, 7:02 PM #2

Ubuu

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Money makes the world go round. No surprise here.

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2005-08-18, 7:04 PM #3

Dj Yoshi

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And this is why I should read the entire article.

D E A T H

2005-08-18, 7:04 PM #4

genk

doot!

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Contrary to published reports, Hecker insisted there are no plans for the new unit to start charging for product support for the various Mozilla projects. "There is no plan to offer support services and we won't be charging for Firefox either. Those products will remain free," he said.

I bet they're becomeing THE MERCH

reading the FAQ, it looks like they'll sell it to OS makers:

Will the Mozilla Corporation be an exclusive distributor of Firefox?
No. Others may distribute versions of Firefox and Thunderbird under the same terms currently in effect; see the Mozilla trademark policy for more information.

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