OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/23519/IBM_Moving_to_Firefox Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:21:28 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Laggards http://www.osnews.com/thread?432502 http://www.osnews.com/thread?432502 As usual, IBM is part of the laggards. Still, good to have some corporate validation.

Well, IBM did have some exceptions to the "laggards" part, with Linux and Open Source in the '90s, when they moved faster than some of the smaller, more agile companies ;) Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (-oblio-) Comments Trendy http://www.osnews.com/thread?432558 http://www.osnews.com/thread?432558 I hope this is a trend for years to come. I don't really care if they use Firefox, Opera or some WebKit browser, aslong as they switch away from the awful nightmare that is IE! Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Brunis) Comments RE: Laggards http://www.osnews.com/thread?432572 http://www.osnews.com/thread?432572
Well, IBM did have some exceptions to the "laggards" part, with Linux and Open Source in the '90s, when they moved faster than some of the smaller, more agile companies ;)

I've always thought that changing things or moving fast is "just" a matter of will. The only question is whether the will comes from the top boss or the anonymous developer at the bottom of the ladder, with no influence and no say in anything.Edited 2010-07-06 10:17 UTC Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (vodoomoth) Comments RE: Laggards http://www.osnews.com/thread?432574 http://www.osnews.com/thread?432574 it depends, they want something tested and reliable. if you're moving quickly, you're not getting reliable.

For a browser these days, it's probably a good move. Actually, IE8 isn't that bad either anyway.. but Firefox's extension system is probably easier to use.

For Linux, moving quick was probably a good move as well. IBM has made considerable effort to promote Linux and contributed code as well.

It doesn't mean they are "the best" or "always good" but it's not the opposite either. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (_xmv) Comments The Mozilla Deadly sin http://www.osnews.com/thread?432575 http://www.osnews.com/thread?432575 Mozilla Firefox has almost 6 year with us now, but there are one deadly sin committed by Mozilla they hasn't release an official Group Policy Objects extension to install and control Firefox in an active directory environment, denying the grow of Firefox at the corporate level.

Don't get me wrong, I know outside there is one tool for accomplish this, but I also know that we would like an OFFICIAL extension, no someone hack.

The route for Firefox in the enterprise world would be really easy if Mozilla decide to create something like this for Firefox 4 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:55:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Nehemoth) Comments RE: The Mozilla Deadly sin http://www.osnews.com/thread?432599 http://www.osnews.com/thread?432599 That's just a missing feature. Not a deadly sin. If you want it urgently, help prioritize development by paying for it. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Rahul) Comments RE[2]: The Mozilla Deadly sin http://www.osnews.com/thread?432619 http://www.osnews.com/thread?432619 How Can I do that? Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Nehemoth) Comments RE[3]: The Mozilla Deadly sin http://www.osnews.com/thread?432624 http://www.osnews.com/thread?432624 Hire some devs to do it for you. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gnufreex) Comments RE[4]: The Mozilla Deadly sin http://www.osnews.com/thread?432625 http://www.osnews.com/thread?432625 Sadly I work in a country where only propose this should be ignore right away.

But thank you. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Nehemoth) Comments RE: The Mozilla Deadly sin http://www.osnews.com/thread?432647 http://www.osnews.com/thread?432647 http://sourceforge.net/projects/firefoxadm/

Should be good enough. Other option is reg hacks pushed out by GPO or login script. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Phloptical) Comments