This is a really nice gesture from Microsoft. A humble example for everyone to learn from.
From Redmond with Love - IE team sends cake for FF4
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Re: From Redmond with Love - IE team sends cake for FF4
#32A clever MSFT plan. It motivates the Firefox team to increase the number of releases, so they eventually stop the actual development and realize that the infinite supply of free cakes is easily convertable to cash.
Re: From Redmond with Love - IE team sends cake for FF4
#33I wish more companies would do something like this. Honestly, IE9 and all the surrounding tech media is really leaving an awesome impression on me. Gestures like this prove that the IE team wants to take part in a modern internet world much more than any standard compliance chart ever could. On a side note, I found Office 2010/2011, IE9 and Windows 7 a joy to use. And this is in stark contrast to Office 2003/2008, IE…
They sent a cake while FF3 release too ! http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/256292
It's a long-standing tradition between Mozilla and Microsoft I believe.
Re: From Redmond with Love - IE team sends cake for FF4
#34I guess it keeps the IE developers in a job. IE was neglected before FF started taking market share away. Probably not many (or the right people) working on it before that.
Re: From Redmond with Love - IE team sends cake for FF4
#35Maybe I'm in a particularly bad mood, but this was a lot cuter the first time. I hate IE so much that maybe I've become sensitive to everything they do (at least I admit that might be the case). It feel condescending to me, especially in light of the many public embarrassment that FF has caused IE (cheating benchmarks for example) and given that if anyone deserves to get something for actually shipping it's the IE te…
I think it really is because you're in a bad mood. There doesn't seem to be anything backhanded or condescending about this gesture. Hasn't the IE team been doing this since before FF beat them in market share? This is more like the owner of Chevrolet sending a cake to the president of Toyota.
As much as I'd like it to be true, Firefox hasn't yet beaten IE in global market share. They are number one now in Europe (by some stats) and hold pole position in a bunch of countries but IE will need another 6-18 months to lose their #1 position at current rates.
Re: From Redmond with Love - IE team sends cake for FF4
#36This is a bit of a naiive question, But what is the business rational behind Microsoft putting so much time and effort into IE? Where is the payback? Is it just so more people have Bing as their default search? Is it just so that Windows ships with a working modern browser as the user expects?
If anyone could clear it up for me, Much appreciated
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Re: From Redmond with Love - IE team sends cake for FF4
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
They sent a cake while FF3 release too ! http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/256292
It's a long-standing tradition between Mozilla and Microsoft I believe.
This probably explains Mozilla's target of reaching Firefox 7 by end of 2011. They just really like cake.
Re: From Redmond with Love - IE team sends cake for FF4
#38This is a bit of a naiive question, But what is the business rational behind Microsoft putting so much time and effort into IE? Where is the payback? Is it just so more people have Bing as their default search? Is it just so that Windows ships with a working modern browser as the user expects? If anyone could clear it up for me, Much appreciated =)
You could ask the same of Google and Chrome.
An excellent treatise on the topic is discussed in Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft, by David Bank. It describes a lot of the tensions that existed inside Microsoft as they tried to figure out how to continue selling Windows as a platform, while still seeing the threat of the web as a platform on the horizon. IE was part of that threat response to stay in the game, ahead of the game, and in control of the game.
Re: From Redmond with Love - IE team sends cake for FF4
#39This is a bit of a naiive question, But what is the business rational behind Microsoft putting so much time and effort into IE? Where is the payback? Is it just so more people have Bing as their default search? Is it just so that Windows ships with a working modern browser as the user expects? If anyone could clear it up for me, Much appreciated =)
As long as you can have significant number of users on your software, you can direct (or misdirect) the direction of that technology.
Nobody knows how bigger the web browser is going to be, MS sure doesn't want to lose the power in influencing and ensuring that their other product stay relevant.
Re: From Redmond with Love - IE team sends cake for FF4
#40I think it's a hoax. If it was the real IE team parts of the cake wouldn't be on the pan. I'm also pretty sure the E would be hanging off the right side.
Not if the cake hasLayout.