Microsoft Sends Mozilla a Cake

In what is becoming a traditional gesture of goodwill, the Microsoft IE team sent Mozilla a cake in honor of shipping Firefox 3, reports Ars Technica. The IE team apparently sent a cake to Mozilla in 2006, too, following the release of Firefox 2.

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[RememberThe357]

They probably spent a lot of money on it. It an exclusive!

[verb3k]

They can't even make a standards-compliant cake!

(PS this is not my comment but I like it)

[Capt CHAOS]

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[Ice2ms]

Knowing M$ they prob threw money at the baker to make sure that its an exclusive.

[juuken]

Capt CHAOS, you took the words right out of my mouth! :*

[XBOX 360]

"If the Mozilla team sends the I.E. team a cake, chances are the I.E. team will cut it up, and use part of it in their future cake they will send out, then claim how great of a baker they are."

lol

[verb3k]

Better give the cake to our fox to eat it, along with IE market share.

[The Lazy One]

That would be absolutely hilarious. I would actually give microsoft +10 internets if they did that if mozilla sent them a cake.

I just love the idea of regifted cake.

[Lord Anubis]

knowing Microsoft the cake is probably poisoned.

[Fragking28]

lol good one

[kindi_boy]

LMFAO!

[Syronicus]

That perhaps the cake was not poisoned but rather after shipping them the cake, they billed the FireFox Team for it later...

[Bubble Buddy]

I was thinking there was a bomb inside.

[ice_prophecy]

-_^?

[KLEPTOMANIAC]

Congratulations Mozilla on stealing all of our customers. oh and Kudos on the new browser, all our staff thoroughly enjoy using it.

[TheColbertinator]

The Cake is a Lie!First to say it!

[Max Power]

you didn't read the article did you?

[badz149]

PWNED!! big time.

[jadenkorri]

it was a a stab at portal

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

They already have stabbed at Portal, read the third paragraph.

[Max Power]

Bishop for having common sense and defending my commment. Bubbles up.

[SiLeNt KNighT]

a cake with no add-ons? disgusting!

[Ninja-Sama]

That's a nice gesture :)

[Xakep]

The cake is people!! It's peopleeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[VMAN_01]

Was that cake professional edition of home edition?

[TheIneffableBob]

Knowing Microsoft, it was definitely Home Basic.

[psiom]

I reckon they probably use Firefox to browse the net in the I.E office. They were probably just as excited about version 3 as anyone else.

[The Wood]

the address bar will make an appearance on iex real soon

[SlyGuy]

this seems like a "trojan horse"!

[Rock Bottom]

I bet it was poisoned.

[Silellak]

Microsoft did something nice! Quick, mock them relentlessly, for they are not Sony and thus every action they take is worthy of scorn!

[kornbeaner]

OK!

A Sony cake would be made of the Finest chocolates in the world, this cake was probably mailed postage due that could only be paid with MS points.

JK :P

[LJWooly]

Don't take it seriously, sillelak. I think Microsoft have done more than enough to deserve the scorn they recieve anyway.
Besides, all the people above are making light-hearted jokes, no reason to moan about it.

[The Wood]

lighten up mate

[TornRaptor]

Said what i was thinking sillelak.

[Elginer]

so many people are so damn resentful, gesh they did something nice.

[bama]

MS deserves more mockery than any other company.

[Highwayman]

Why does MS "deserve" more mockery than any other company?
Is it because their name does not start with an S by any chance?

I thought the gesture was nice. Every company has bad seed, make no mistake about that. In fact every profession in the world has bad seeds. There are those who are of good character.

[spectyre]

Just having some fun with some good natured ribbing. i/e Sony sent Mozilla a cake also... It should be there by fall of '09.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Agreed Silellak! I would say "ha ha funny" if this was any place but N4G.

Is it a coinsidence that every one of these jokers is a $ony fan and if you look at their comment history you can see the 360/MS bashing?

The people who made these comments don't have any nuetral ground to stand on to make this jokes.

Anyway, nice gesture from MS.

[G1TR4P3D]

M$ trying to pretend they aren't getting their asses handed to them. crap programmers over there. Firefox CRUSHES IE.

[AngryTypingGuy]

Firefox is definitely WAY better. I wonder what the market share is.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Personally, I prefer IE. I know I'm in the minority, but it's true.

Firefox isn't as free-form. Any programmer worth his weight still uses Internet Explorer to transfer and store.

[FinalomegaS]

IE Cake 2.0.1

think they should sent the pro edition, that looks like Home edition.

Cool thing is this cake is a sign they are fully aware that they have competition and they are under fire for each failed IE.

FF needs to be advertised more. Outside the net.

[Down_With_Kotaku]

I've never seen IE advertised...

[solideagle1]

how do i download the f***ing flashplayer add on/plugin for this
if i download and install there is no effect on firefox 3.0. i cant run youtube. if i say download plugin then it says there is no plugin now.
can someone give me the link because i liked firefox 3.0 but because of not running the youtube or gametrailers i switched back to 2.0.
thanx

[Voiceofreason]

Go to the Flash site download the program and install?

[ice_prophecy]

when I upgraded... it kind of just kept working...

[rmatott]

this is the only nice thing i have ever heard M$ do, congrats to mozilla btw

[kindi_boy]

actually giving Sony a tough time is nice too for gamers everywhere.
best thing they have ever done is making everyone else making better stuff afraid of their $$$. i think microsoft is better around than not.

[Admiral_Benson]

Did Microsoft kindly supply the Mozilla team with an extended warranty for the cake?

[Voiceofreason]

Something else thats not compatible with Vista...Well its like everything else they make..

[juuken]

MS handing out cake to Mozilla? Oh dear...let's hope the cake wasn't laced with evil things that could lead to food poisoning. o_o

I LOVE Mozilla Firefox. It's a kick ass browser.

[LaChance]

would probably freeze in your mouth.

[PopEmUp]

The M$ cake probably burn in your eh?

[mistertwoturbo]

Microsoft's cake is made out of Poo, but you'll still eat it LaChance

[juuken]

And what does this have to do with the article?
Typical 360 owners. They always have to take potshots at the competition.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

haha LaChance they can dish it out but they can't take the same back. I think you proved the point.

But oh yes, we are busy taking crap shots at MS here so don't bring up $ony bologne their cake is still in the oven and will be available 3rd quarter 2009.

[TheZippo]

You are totally wrong. A Sony cake would be promised but it would be delayed. Then once again promised only to experience another delay and eventually production of said cake would be ceased to distribute funds to other cakes.

[Mwaan]

The cake would be over hyped anyway and wouldn't be able to live up to your taste buds.

[Pornlord]

Well, what are we Americans without our sense of humor right? Not much on MS, but this is something that I would do for sure.

Long Live Smarta$$es!!!! :)

[thehitman]

POISON!!! DONT EAT THE CAKE I LUV MOZILLA

[junkiegamer]

so i guess the cake is not a lie......

[Tyrael]

LAWL

[Shadow Flare]

Even though it was nice of them to send Mozilla a cake, i would personally love it if Mozilla sent back to Microsoft a parcel containing a rabid fox that's infested with fleas and ticks and crap, and when they open the parcel the fox just lunges out like a jack-in-a-box and then mauls Shane Kim's face off and gives him rabies; i don't know why Shane Kim is in the IE teams office, he's probably talking them to death about fish and then the fox runs across the office corridor and literally fleas and multi-disaesed infested crud flies from its claws into their eyeballs and they scream AAAH!!AAAH!!AAAAHH!!1! AND Then they're like zomg punch the fox in its face it is teh only way to own a fox but then the fox maces them and steals their pens and runs out the office and mozzila never recieves a cake from microsoft again.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Okay.. whatever you say. Is your avatar a penis with a headband and an eye patch?

[Matpan]

That is really a nice gesture, I mean, there is really no need for a gesture AT ALL... it´s not like we hear companies sending cakes or gifts to each other everytime they release a new console/software/whatever.

I´m sure still trying to find the evil in it, being microsoft and all...
;P

[ustayclassyn4g]

like mozilla can have their cake and eat it, badom bom bachch

[Shadow Flare]

but only if the shoe fits!!

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..*cough*...
................ok, i killed it

[ustayclassyn4g]

lol crash and burn

[LaChance]

you guys are amazing.
It was only a joke.
All of you guys diss the cake making fun of MSFT and I just do the same, just a joke and make fun of your beloved Sony and you guys throw a tantrum.

What is wrong with you people ? Why does the humour have to be ONLY one way on N4G : Of course "bash MSFT" way.

When 360 owners like sillelek complain you guys say "cheer up , its only a joke" , looks like you guys dont even take your own advice.

Really surprised my joke offended you guys :(

[LJWooly]

Why do you like Microsoft? Honestly, I just don't get it. I can understand liking the 360, I do too, but why Microsoft?

[GiantEnemyCrab]

I like Microsoft because if I was running all Apple or Linux as an IT professional I would be in hell. I thank MS for having the curriculum to become an engineer and make a living.

I also thank MS for allowing a close friend of mine to have free cancer treatment because of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.

It's really easy to hate on things for you isn't it?

[ghettocheeze]

Red Layers of Death

Quick ship it back to Mesquite Texas before the warranty runs out!

[Hercules]

that cake someway malfunctions in some way...because you know how M$ cant finish sh!t, it has a a beautiful outside design, but the inside is crap (Vista, 360, Zune, should i go on?)

[LJWooly]

None of those listed examples had a "beautiful" exterior design though, so maybe the cake's going to break the pattern.

Maybe Microsoft should stick to baking.

[Surfman]

No no Mozilla, don't eat the cake, it's full of poison!

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

How long did it take you to come up with that one?

Seriously...if you don't edit that into a GOOD joke, I'll hunt you down and get you!

[dkgshiz]

Yeah, IE sucks, I think Microcrap should just get over it that they lost. IE gets so many viruses. With its active x control. Firefox just owns. Theirs no point to keep making new versions of IE. No one uses it anymore, except old people who don't know much about computers. Lots of computer company's are now starting to ship firefox preinstalled on their computers, I think hp already started. They just started to know firefox kills IE in so many ways, speed, safety,looks, customization, everything. Bye bye microcrap, you lost your dominance in the web browser business :)

[BaSeBaLlKiD721]

hmm, sony should be expecting a cake from MS after the holidays...

[cool8]

that's nice of Microsoft! if only everyone is like that.

[The_Kills]

If only the gaming industry was this supportive...

[Chris Bosh]

The cake probably contains a cheque for a bout billion dollars and instrucutions that say "Close down ur company"

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Once Mozilla takes over, you will all hate that too...because it's popular. You can't stand to see something win for that long. The same goes with Sony...you wanted to see the underdog win, so you bought a 360.

[highps3]

With IE icon seems a bit like a kick in the face IMO... Then again its the IE team so they have to be usd to takig abeating

[TVC15]

i hope the cake doesn't rrod