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Is Microsoft THAT afraid of Firefox?

June 18, 2009 by InF, under Fun, IT, Software.

EDIT: They changed it! Ahhh they finally found some reason! Note the different tone of language. Note the less number of points! Good good!

The New Version of the 10K lol-ad!

Hey readers, check out what I found in my feeds today! It’s a competition hosted by Microsoft! 10K prize money offered. The catch? You need to have Internet Explorer 8. The ad in itself is really funny, almost laughable. It seems Microsoft is really scared about losing market share to Firefox especially, and other browsers considering the tone of the ad. I’ve included a copy below, and for your viewing pleasure, here’s the original link.

A small comment: Since the page can only be opened in IE8 which got a lousy score in ACID3 test, it the page where the money is hidden must be so quirky that Firefox refuses to even find it! Also, note point #2! “Microsoft’s best ever browser” but not simply “best ever browser”. Does Microsoft itself know that its browser is not the best out there?

Enjoy your lulz, and comment! Seriously, I lol’d hard! Couldn’t resist blogging this as soon as I saw it! :D

MS 10k competition

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6 Responses to “Is Microsoft THAT afraid of Firefox?”

18.06.09#1

Comment by morinnNo Gravatar.

Well I say you install the Microsoft OS in parallel, you download their super browser, you find the money, you keep it, you ditch your Microsoft OS and you continue using your good old browser. :P

18.06.09#2

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18.06.09#3

Comment by BrunoNo Gravatar.

Internet Exploder sums up the whole of Microshit … pathetic, bizzare, annoying and useless

18.06.09#4

Comment by GuruNo Gravatar.

You need to test your website on IE then on firefox, there is rather large number of IE explorers.

I am asked to test what I am doing to IE first.

18.06.09#5

Comment by InFNo Gravatar.

Wonder if Firefox’ IE-tab addon would help me here! :P

19.06.09#6

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