Microsoft Offers To Help Firefox Run On Vista
Now..this is official.....
Microsoft has offered support to FireFox and Thunderbird to run on Windows Vista. Sam Ramji, Director for Open Source Software Lab, has written to mozilla that he has setup office space, hardware, VPN access, 1:1 with product team, support team at the Windows Vista Readiness ISV Lab. He also cross posted it to Mozilla dev planning group. Read the entire letter here.
Below are the content from the mail posted to google group
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I sent this invitation to s...@mozilla.org as well, but in case their
spam filters are set to block @microsoft.com email addresses, I'm
posting here.
I am the Director of the Open Source Software Lab at Microsoft, and I'm
writing to see if you are open to some 1:1 support in getting Firefox
and Thunderbird to run on Vista.
As part of my mission as an advocate for open source applications on
Windows, I've gotten spaces set aside at the Windows Vista Readiness
ISV Lab. In the past the company has only invited commercial software
developers to these labs. I'm committed to evolving our thinking
beyond commercial companies to include open source projects, so I went
to the non-trivial effort of getting slots for non-commercial open
source projects.
The lab itself is a 4-day event held in Redmond every week through
December 2006; we provide secure office space for 4 people, hardware,
VPN access, and 1:1 access to product team developers and support
staff.
If you're interested, please send email to sra...@microsoft.com,
jcan...@microsoft.com, and mfran...@microsoft.com - I'm on vacation
through 8/27, but Jamie Cannon and Michael Francisco will help you get
tracked in.
You can learn a little more about my lab on our site,
http://port25.technet.com.
Best regards,
Sam Ramji
Director, Open Source Software Lab
Microsoft Corporation
(510)913-6495
sra...@microsoft.com
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Browser is pitted as the virtual OS / window to the WWW. IE has lost the market share from 90% to abt 80%. The main gain has been for Firefox. It has already grabbed 15% of the market share.
.... And people still charge Microsoft with anti-competitive business behavior
Update::
Mike Beltzner, a phenomenologist for Mozilla and the company's spokesman spoke on the issue. Follow the link for the response.