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17 December 2004

My name was in the NY Times ...

Well, my name along with 10,999 other names in very small black print. 

Firefox, that browser I so love, took out an ad sponsored by members of the open source community.  It listed names of sponsors - early adopters of the product - and informed readers that you're not stuck with IE. There are other free options and they're better.  It was a kick-ass two page ad in yesterday's New York Times. (I tried to post this yesterday, but opted to crash my computer instead ...)

I ordered a poster of the ad because I think it will look quite nifty in my office.  Assuming I can find a wall without a bookshelf.

You can read about the ad here, where you can also download a PDF of the ad.

Oh, and you can download Firefox here! ;-)  Did I mention it works on Macs and PCs?  And it imports all your IE settings, so you don't lose bookmarks or anything.

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I'm in the New York Times! Ok, so it's just my name, and it's in like 10 point font, and in an ad. But it's still cool....especially since it's for Firefox. Anyone else listed? If so, you might wanna snap up a poster. How many famous... [Read More]

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