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It was only a couple of months ago that I remembered I paid to have my name included in the Firefox advert, as printed in the New York Times: https://blog.mozi
by stevekemp 8y ago
It was only a couple of months ago that I remembered I paid to have my name included in the Firefox advert, as printed in the New York Times:
https://blog.mozilla.org/press/2004/12/mozilla-foundation-places-two-page-advocacy-ad-in-the-new-york-times/ https://blog.mozilla.org/press/2004/12/mozilla-foundation-pl...
That was back in 2003!
- ninkendo 8y agoI remember going to a Firefox 1.0 release party at Dragonmead brewery near Detroit and meeting a bunch of local nerds from IRC and various LUGs. A party with strangers just to celebrate the release of a browser we didn't get paid to promote or develop. I feel like the era where people were passionate about open source as a goal in itself has really waned in recent years. Maybe because a lot of the major battles were won, or because more companies are realizing that open source is a logical business choice in a lot of cases. Or maybe it's just rosy retrospection at play and I've just become jaded.
- danso 8y agoHow much did you have to pay?
- stevekemp 8y agoI just checked my email archive: Donation ID: 1184 Donation Amount: $30.00 Donation Name: Steve Kemp Placed On: 12:07 PM Tuesday October 19, 2004 Payment Type: (paid in full)