Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Written By OS9USER At 1:53:00 PM
After reading a few reports we see TechCrunch attacking a Blog over an Exclusive article from Firefox, and Paul Kim (Vice President of Marketing for Monzilla) saying :
Earlier today TechCrunch linked to a still-in-development site for a marketing program we are working on called “Firefox Users against Boredom.” The site was not meant to be publicly available and contained several stats, taken from a recent Nielsen study, that were offensive and in poor taste, as pointed out both by readers of TechCrunch and many people here at Mozilla. I want to sincerely apologize for this oversight. We hadn’t reviewed the stats before they were accidentally published and some of them are clearly in poor taste and humor. This does not reflect the views of Mozilla and we are working to fix this immediately.
It sounds like Firefox gave the "Exclusive" to TechCrunch. However it did not turn out as well as to be expected. The campaign is a departure from Mozilla's usual marketing efforts, which has relied on the Spread Firefox site and the host of fans who drum up support for the open-source browser.
The OS9USER News Room does not recommend this site (Spread FireFox) , and have complained about it in the past directly to Mozilla. In the future WE recommend going directly to Mozilla for your data !
TechCrunch : There’s even a fake blog complete with mocked up Mozilla criticisms that is pretending to report on the viral campaign as well. The site reports that Tay Zonday of “Chocolate Rain” fame and Leslie Hall of “Gem Sweater” are in the video, but I’m sure I saw a Ninja there, perhaps readers can put a name to a few more participants as well.
Firefox : This is Paul Kim, VP of marketing for Mozilla. I want to apologize to anyone who was upset or offended by some of the stats on the not yet final website for this campaign. The list Techcrunch referenced was posted without a final review by Mozilla and wasn’t intended to be published as is. We’re working right now to correct this on the site, which goes live in a final form later today.
There is no way we would have gone live with a site that mocks cancer victims if there had been a review of these stats beforehand. Something went seriously wrong with our content development process, and I’m working to clean this up now. The site is up now for testing purposes, but should have been kept behind password authentication until we were ready to open it up. Regardless of these issues on our end, the main thing is to say that I take responsibility for the situation, and again, apologize to anyone who was upset by this.
It is rumored that As of 7:30 p.m. EST Monday, the website was password protected. We will keep you informed of future updates.
Watch for our Special Report, as we once again start reporting Breaking Stories once again :)
Woman in U-Haul leads police on wild chase
(NECN) - A woman in a reportedly stolen U-Haul truck was involved in a chase with California Highway Patrol officers. The chase lasted approximately one hour, and the woman was taken into custody.
At the end of the chase the woman stopped the vehicle in the middle of the road, and fled on foot. She attempted to gain access to the passenger side of another car, but that car drove off.
An officer caught up with the suspect, and took her into custody.
