Media Coverage of Mozilla Foundation's New Releases and End User Focus

Wednesday October 22nd, 2003

Exactly one week ago today, the Mozilla Foundation released three new product upgrades and launched several end user services, including CD sales and telephone support. internetnews.com called the changes "a bold push to target end-users" and noted that this is the first time official end user support has been available for Mozilla. The NewsFactor Network said that Mozilla is "not just for geeks anymore" but got a little confused about Mozilla Firebird, referring to the latest version as 7.0 and bizarrely stating that it "has not changed much from its earlier incarnation as Netscape 4.0". eWeek concentrated on Mozilla 1.5, noting the usability improvements, such as the inclusion of a spellchecker. The IDG News Service's article, which appeared in InfoWorld and other publications, claimed that 1.5 brings few browser enhancements and noted that changes to the GCC version used to compile Mozilla mean that some Linux plug-ins, such as RealPlayer, will no longer work. CNET News.com missed the point slightly, inferring that the new end user services may be primarily a way of raising revenue and noting that such ventures have not always been profitable in the past. The article also reminds us that Apple chose KHTML and not Gecko for Safari. Again. Finally, as expected, Slashdot has an extensive discussion.

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