Firefox loses share
Its usage droop a little.
The open source movement, for people who haven't noticed it now, is an attempted form of anarchy that does not and never will succeed except in pocketed commune. Even now, the open source movement is not quite as free as people would imagine, because a form of tyranny and central control is necessary to maintain order. Linux has Linux Torvolds guiding his operating system. Wikipedia has the "God-King" named Jimbo as the be-all and end-all leader. Though the God-King selects his administrators to help him in managing Wikipedia, Wikipedia has a defined hierarchy. Firefox itself has a leader, and even Firefox could not help but fall to capitalism by starting up a for-profit organization.
The hope was that people would improve each other's works. The hope was that Firefox, a product of community sans government and capitalist effort, would be freer of defects because users could correct bugs themselves.
Patently false, for self-interest and pecking orders reign. Sometimes users don't have time or inclination to check for obscure bugs in a complex code. And sometimes, users don't try to fix what they are not directed to do so.
The open source movement, for people who haven't noticed it now, is an attempted form of anarchy that does not and never will succeed except in pocketed commune. Even now, the open source movement is not quite as free as people would imagine, because a form of tyranny and central control is necessary to maintain order. Linux has Linux Torvolds guiding his operating system. Wikipedia has the "God-King" named Jimbo as the be-all and end-all leader. Though the God-King selects his administrators to help him in managing Wikipedia, Wikipedia has a defined hierarchy. Firefox itself has a leader, and even Firefox could not help but fall to capitalism by starting up a for-profit organization.
The hope was that people would improve each other's works. The hope was that Firefox, a product of community sans government and capitalist effort, would be freer of defects because users could correct bugs themselves.
Patently false, for self-interest and pecking orders reign. Sometimes users don't have time or inclination to check for obscure bugs in a complex code. And sometimes, users don't try to fix what they are not directed to do so.
posted by Alan at August 15, 2005
2 Comments:
I was once an extensive user of Firefox but found too many sites were incompatible. I think that MS IE compatibility is the current defacto requirement for a web browser.
Yes, I noticed, but I still think that Firefox blocks more pop-ups than IE. That may change, though, because Microsoft is good at making products when there are competitions. If there's no competition, then MS just turns lethargic.
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