Firefox 3 not loved by Corp. IT, Not that it matters...

So Firefox 3 Download day was a pretty big success. That is if you count something on the order of 8 million downloads and quadrupling your market share in a single 24-hour period successful (1). I do want to point out though, that as much as I like FF3, Opera 9.5 is also out and is a fine, seriously fast browser in its own right.   

This article was one of the many that came out in the wake of Download Day; "Firefox 3.0 Doesn't Focus On Business IT." There are a couple of interesting points in this piece. The first thing is the sub-headline right under the main headline; "However, a lack of enterprise support won't stop employees from downloading and using the browser on their own, with or without the backing of IT." No doubt. This really is an extension of the already significant "consumerization" of the enterprise. I also like this quote "Give people the things they want and then they'll take it into the enterprise," Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla's VP of engineering, said in an interview. "Our approach for a long time now has been pull rather than push." Give people what they want...wow what a paradigm shift for thinking RE enterprise software...

Finally, I am REALLY interested in this line "Boeing and Fidelity Investments are among the companies that support or encourage Firefox use." Hmmm, I need to find some points of contact at Boeing and Fidelity who'll talk about that.