This really surprises me! FedEx Technology Services is one of my
customers. I saw Firefox on several desktops a couple of months ago when I
was there. I'm going to have to call them and see what's up with this.
Makes no sense, but then again, being a large company, this may have been
decided somewhere else.
On 5/19/07, steve szmidt <steve@szmidt.org> wrote:
>
> On Saturday 19 May 2007 15:11, Paul M Foster wrote:
> > Folks:
> >
> > For all you activist types out there who look for a reason to hassle
> > companies when they don't fully support open standards and FOSS, I just
> > got this message from fedex.com on an issue I filed with them:
> >
> > I apologize for the inconvenience it may have caused you. However,
> > Firefox is not supported by FedEx.com. FedEx.com applications require
> > the use of Netscape Navigator(r) or Microsoft(r) Internet Explorer version
> > 6.0. Examples of unsupported browsers include (but are not limited to):
> > AOL, MSN, Safari, Lynx, Opera, Compuserve, Mozilla, ChiBrow, NeoPlanet,
> > WinWAP, SmartTrust WIB, iCab, and Net-Tamer.
> >
> > Paul
>
> FedEx has always been early to adopt technology so I find this surprising.
> Thanks for the heads up!
>
> --
>
> Steve Szmidt
>
> "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety
> deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> Benjamin Franklin
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