Dell: No plans for Firefox in Australia

by admin December 27, 2005 at 1:00 pm

Dell’s Australian operation has ruled out following the lead of its British counterpart in the near future and shipping the Mozilla Firefox Web browser on computers.

“There are currently no plans to ship Firefox on desktops or notebooks in Dell Asia Pacific at this time,” a spokesperson for the PC manufacturer told ZDNet Australia yesterday.

The spokesperson was responding to a Firefox developer’s confirmation of reports that Dell has started including Firefox with its desktop machines in the United Kingdom.

“It’s true that Firefox is bundled with Dell in the UK,” wrote Firefox co-creator Blake Ross on his blog this week.

Read more: ZDNet Australia