http://blogs.msdn.com/heatherleigh/archive/2008/01/08/mozilla-lays-an-egg.aspxand launches viral campaign that jokes about cancer. Wow. I'm not sure what excuse is acceptable (not meant to be "publicly available?" Is it acceptable in private?) but perhaps just an admission of incredibly poor judgment and lack of taste? That woulden-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/heatherleigh/archive/2008/01/08/mozilla-lays-an-egg.aspx#7030696Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:00:08 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7030696MSDN Blog Postings » Mozilla lays an egg...<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://msdnrss.thecoderblogs.com/2008/01/08/mozilla-lays-an-egg/">http://msdnrss.thecoderblogs.com/2008/01/08/mozilla-lays-an-egg/</a></p> http://blogs.msdn.com/heatherleigh/archive/2008/01/08/mozilla-lays-an-egg.aspx#7033652Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:00:15 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7033652William<p>... and who, pray tell, comprised the test group for this viral campaign that deemed it okay to send out?</p> <p>It's first marketing shot fired against IE and it ends up in their own foot? &nbsp;Ouch!</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/heatherleigh/archive/2008/01/08/mozilla-lays-an-egg.aspx#7033970Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:40:13 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7033970DanF<p>Ouch. It is sort of interesting, I've been an Open Source user since before it was cool, though I've never been an MS basher. </p> <p>I think it's interesting to see that as these organizations start to reach scale (and of course, realistically that means about 1/100 the size of microsoft) they start having the same issues. </p> <p>It seems for a long time people have felt OSS was superior, not just in engineering, but morally also. Turns out anyone that gets big enough (gets enough eyes watching them) will screw up in public. </p> <p>-D</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/heatherleigh/archive/2008/01/08/mozilla-lays-an-egg.aspx#7034243Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:26:20 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7034243HeatherLeigh<p>William - you think there was a test group? I don't. I think there were some people in a room with a research vendor and they thought it was a good idea and they did it. </p> <p>DanF - yes, and I find some comfort in that. I definitely admire risk taking. That's just part of my personality. But this just seemed so over the line of good taste. Maybe they could dial it back.....waaaaay back.</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/heatherleigh/archive/2008/01/08/mozilla-lays-an-egg.aspx#7034895Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:52:03 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7034895Paul Ballard's WebLog<p>I was recently wallowing in my usual firehose of RSS feeds when I came across a link from Heather Leigh</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/heatherleigh/archive/2008/01/08/mozilla-lays-an-egg.aspx#7035028Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:06:57 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7035028HeatherLeigh<p>Nice post Paul. Blogs should come with the words &quot;judgment required&quot; attached. </p> http://blogs.msdn.com/heatherleigh/archive/2008/01/08/mozilla-lays-an-egg.aspx#7036171Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:20:20 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7036171Mon<p>That is awful. I couldn't help but laugh after reading that the head of marketing said he was shocked that their stats were so out of whack. At least admit that you have done something in bad taste and apologize.</p> <p>www.jobx.com.au</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/heatherleigh/archive/2008/01/08/mozilla-lays-an-egg.aspx#7036334Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:35:41 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7036334William<p>You're probably right, Heather... no filter.</p> <p>This makes me appreciate the marketing and legal beagles that review my stuff. &nbsp;I know I fume at a delay or two, but it's better than gufaws like this.</p> <p>Note to self: Watch those research vendors.</p>