IE to Mozilla Firefox…”let them eat cake”
Here at BigBlueHat we love Firefox 3. Brad and I switched within hours of its release. We helped Mozilla win the Guinness World Book of Record for the largest number of software downloads in 24 short hours.
What we didn’t know is that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) Team sent some congratulatory sugar, flour, and water to help the Mozilla folks celebrate their accomplishment. You can check out the pictures of the IE Team’s “Congratulations on Shipping!” Firefox cake.
As it turns out this rivalry goes deeper than most web developers and savy web users realize. It’s been going on since Microsoft dumped a giant metal IE logo on Netscape’s front lawn.
Not sure how I’d take that, personally. I’m sure the Mozilla folks were happy for the cake.