Firefox Dilemma

[Conrad Knauer]

On 3/8/07, Derek Slovin <derek at slovin.us> wrote:

>>  good point, it was
>> nonetheless judged that the familiarity Windows users have with
>> Firefox, was of more value.
>> Since this situation is unlikely to change anytime soon (since FF is
>> getting increasingly popular on Windows)
>
> By that logic, why are we not pushing Thunderbird for email instead of Evolution? Or Azerus for bittorrent? The list could go on...

Actually, I think the reason Evolution was chosen was because its
designed to be a drop-in replacement for Outlook.

> This brings up the point, is Ubuntu here to create a great operating system or is it here to switch over users from Windows? IMHO, Ubuntu should include the best package for the job, not the package people are most familiar with.

Fair enough, but I will argue its likely that a majority of Ubuntu
users consider Firefox to be the best browser.

CK