Aug 27, 2009

During a town hall meeting for State Department workers last month, an employee named Jim Finkle asked Hillary Clinton a very important question: “Can you please let the staff use an alternative Web browser called Firefox?” The room erupted in cheers.

The secretary of state didn’t know why Firefox was blocked; an aide stepped in to explain that the free program was too expensive…

Farhad Manjoo, Slate

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