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Mozilla buys IE

News just in, the Mozilla Foundation has bought Internet Explorer.

permanent link 31 mar at 20:22 by Tjobbe Andrews

There are 13 guest comments so far.

commentat 20:36 on 31 March 2006, Carlos Bernal wrote:

Looks like April fool's came early...

commentat 20:48 on 31 March 2006, Aaron K wrote:

Yes, this is exactly why Mozilla and Microsoft have both posted huge press releases about this... if the poorly Photoshopped logo doesn't convince you this is fake, nothing will.

commentat 20:56 on 31 March 2006, Kris wrote:

At least make it something believable. "Microsoft buys Mozilla" would've been better.

commentat 21:32 on 31 March 2006, David B. wrote:

ahhh, thats funny. missed it by a day though, still march 31 here (us) lol

commentat 21:37 on 31 March 2006, Tyler wrote:

At least make a fake press release to link to.

commentat 21:46 on 31 March 2006, Rich wrote:

I think its about 12 hours to early, well in the UK anyway!

commentat 22:31 on 31 March 2006, Greg wrote:

What a weak attempt. At least write more than a few blatant paragraphs with lots of exclamation points. Oh, and next year, get it on April 1st, not March 31st.

commentat 22:52 on 31 March 2006, Kris Gosser wrote:

Have some fun with it guys :)

commentat 23:46 on 31 March 2006, Brian wrote:

Yes -- very weak. Not very funny. Not believable. And as the above people said at least link to a fake release. Put some effort in and create a subdomain mozilla. on your site to trick people a little more.

commentat 03:58 on 01 April 2006, Jono-san wrote:

Why can't you people just get into the spirit of the holiday? Why do you have to be so serious all the time?

And it is April 1st in some parts of the world (like here in Australia).

commentat 12:43 on 01 April 2006, Shane wrote:

Whilst not the most flawlessly executed spoof, I'm surprised that some commented on the timing.

It seems that time zones aren't as understood as I thought.

commentat 13:24 on 01 April 2006, Prabhath wrote:

Zones could've been forgiven if the post's date atleast appeared as April 1st. It says 31.03, so no wonder it's seen as kinda lame...

commentat 06:38 on 03 April 2006, Simone wrote:

Ya ninnies! That was funny, Slashdots one was pretty good too, loved google dating.I only wish that mozilla would highjack explorer, make my life alot easier.... sigh.

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