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Willravel · 06-18-2008, 10:14 AM

http://arstechnica.com/journals/linu...at-for-mozilla

Mozilla quickly retooled it and sent back a faster, more stable cake.

Hain · 06-18-2008, 10:47 AM

Huh... I can't believe it.

I wonder what it tasted like.

Willravel · 06-18-2008, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hain

I wonder what it tasted like.

Perhaps, it was stale and undersupported?

Jeez, I'm on fire...fox.

Hain · 06-18-2008, 11:01 AM

I figured tasted bad because it was flavored with all things I never wanted to taste in cake, and required a convoluted manner in which I have to cut it to get a piece.

Redlemon · 06-18-2008, 11:09 AM

Microsoft did this for the

Microsoft sends a congratulation cake to Mozilla on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

as well.

At least they were able to upgrade to color this time. Yes, that's a color photo.

The Faba · 06-18-2008, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willravel

Perhaps, it was stale and undersupported?

Jeez, I'm on fire...fox.

Waa-ha-ha-ha!

Redlemon · 06-19-2008, 05:57 AM

Also, the Firefox team never ate the 'e' part of the cake, so it was still in the freezer:

More mature than what Microsoft did on the release of IE4:

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OK, now, bear in mind that I'm not a primary source here; I just heard
about it, and saw the aftermath. But:

Last night (9/30-10/1) at midnight, Mr. Bill's Browser 4.0 was
released. Late last night, between midnight and 1:30, somebody (MS?
probably) dumped a huge IE logo on Netscape's front lawn (a metal
shell, apparently, deep enough to stand up on its own). They probably
expected that we wouldn't notice until morning, and wouldn't be able
to get equipment to move it until 11:00 or so, and some press cameras
would come by in the meantime; we wouldn't be able to bring legal
action, 'cause we wouldn't have any proof, and we'd just look whiny.

Well. Needless to say, MS was dumb: they forgot that we're *here* at
midnight! Somebody spotted it, and, rather than waste effort trying to
get rid of the logo, they decided to slap MS in the face with it
instead. (Figuratively. :-) They gathered people to help, and they
tipped over the IE logo so that it was lying on its back, spraypainted
"Netscape Now" on the side facing the street...and then carried over
our 7-foot-tall statue of Mozilla (Netscape's Godzillaoid mascot) and
stood it up on top of the IE logo.

So now we have Mozilla standing on top of the defeated IE (with his
thumb up and a grin on his face), and people are wandering by and
taking pictures; it got covered in by local papers and TV, and I've
been told Reuters picked it up. Not the sort of thing we'd publicize
on purpose, 'cause it is a little childish...but they started it! :-)

MSD · 06-20-2008, 05:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willravel

Mozilla quickly retooled it and sent back a faster, more stable cake.

And as it sat in the fridge, it gradually started taking up more and more space until it clogged the air vents and had to be removed with a shovel and a pressure washer.

Redlemon · 06-22-2008, 11:55 AM

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