Dell installs Firefox browser for users for 27 dollars

[Guide] Dell says this is not for Firefox, but for download services. Tencent Science and Technology music March 5 compiled Dell is ready to the new computer installed Firefox browser users charge 27.18 dollars. Mozilla said it had not signed such a contract with Dell and is investigating it. "There is no agreement between Dell and Mozilla to allow Dell or anyone to charge for the installation of the Firefox browser." "Our trademark policy makes it clear that this is not permissible and we are investigating it," said DeNelle Dixon-thayer, vice president and general advisor of Mozilla Inc., Denelle-Thayer. "However, on the Dell UK web site, at least one Dell computer offers this option, as shown in the following illustration: A Mozilla spokeswoman specifically referred to the company's trademark policy," If you use Mozilla's products during the release process, you can not charge this product. " We do not mean that there is no additional cost to the Mozilla product, and that its distribution (whether in downloads or other media) does not generate additional costs or is bound to subscribe to or purchase a service. If you want to sell Mozilla products, you can do the same, but you must use a different name-a name unrelated to Mozilla or any Mozilla logo. Remember, we don't want the public to be confused. "The reporters reviewed Dell's Web sites in the US, UK and Canada and found that Dell does not have a" Firefox "option on the Product customization page of the U.S. or Canada website. However, on the Dell UK website, a Dell computer model Optiplex 7010 does offer this option. When the reporter consulted Dell on the matter, the company responded that it was not improper, because the company is not charging for Firefox browser, but for downloading services. "Dell's configuration Services (revisit services), including application loading, can ensure that users have complete, readily available products. "In this case, we are not targeting Mozilla Firefox, but the cost of configuring the service because our staff has spent time and effort adding new things to the standard Firefox configuration," said a Dell spokeswoman. "Dell seems to be playing ball, because Mozilla's policy is not just about its software, but about its installation," he said.