Follow-up
Got an email back from my friend at FedEx. He said that FedEx.com is a
separate team from his, and that they "do whatever the hell they want to do"
(sounded like he wasn't happy about the arrangement.) His group runs the
data center for operations.
Anyway, sorry for the false alarm. I thought I would have had a good answer
for you.
Dave
On 5/20/07, David Meyer <sanfrandave@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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