I’m down in LA meeting with Warren Zide, who produced the American Pie trilogy. Warren is a big fan of Firefox, and the first question he asks of friends in the industry is: “So, do you know what Firefox is?”
The answer is always: “Of course I do. Clint Eastwood. Great movie!”
May 6th, 2005 at 11:59 am
You’d be surprised how many people think of the movie before the browser. Of course I’m trying to do my part to spread the word, too.
May 6th, 2005 at 1:12 pm
Mass press coverage will soon sort this out. A newspaper running a story about cracking the 50 million mark would have been useful, but here in the UK the papers were half asleep.
Still, we’ll be at 60 million before long, so there’s another chance for a crack at the whip.
Once more Joe Public’s get wind of the word, it’ll become a household name I’m sure.
May 6th, 2005 at 1:33 pm
At first I thought Firefox was about a fire on a fox, but I’m glad it’s not, because that’s not good.
Anyways, me, my big brother, and a friend of mines are working on a big surprise since we are big Firefox fans, but I can’t say what it is, but you will all find out.
I hope you all have a nice weekend!
May 6th, 2005 at 2:38 pm
The 50 million story did make it to the technology front page on BBC News, and we’re not really going to be any better than that.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4517621.stm
May 6th, 2005 at 7:10 pm
um, there was a “Firefox” movie?
May 6th, 2005 at 7:32 pm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083943/
May 6th, 2005 at 11:37 pm
I wonder what would be the answer if he asked about Opera?
May 7th, 2005 at 2:32 am
Opera ? Ah yes, Andrew Lloyd Webber !
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293508/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0wfHE9b3BlcmF8aHRtbD0xfG5tPW9u;fc=1;ft=156;fm=1
May 7th, 2005 at 9:28 am
..or “Of course I know her!”
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001856/
May 7th, 2005 at 11:21 am
I think I know the answer if he asked bout Safari!
“The Lion King”
May 7th, 2005 at 11:57 pm
> um, there was a “Firefox” movie?
Talk about generation gap…
But then again, given that even the poster child of this whole UberHype wasn’t even born back then… :\
May 8th, 2005 at 9:13 pm
Very good film, actually. Early 80’s and one Eastwood film that was NOT a western. Some folks may not have heard of it since the video was out-of-print for awhile. But now you can go out and grab the DVD if you haven’t it.
May 9th, 2005 at 1:44 pm
Will grab DVD after exams have finished :)
May 11th, 2005 at 1:22 am
When I started introducing firefox to my friends, a common question was whether they had to think in russian to use it. Those wags.