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June 8, 2005 11:08 AM PDT

Internecine warfare erupts over browser award

by Paul Festa
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The browser blogs have exploded with ire, accusations and self-recriminations over the august and coveted PC World 100 Best Products of 2005 awards.

The mudslinging appears to have started when Opera issued a press release claiming to have won for "best browser." Mozilla staffer Asa Dotzler took exception to that claim, pointing out, along with some disparaging remarks about Opera's honesty, that Mozilla Firefox had won for "product of the year."

Dozens of flaming messages later, Opera issued a retraction and Dotzler was left defending his professionalism.

One peacemaker wrote: "Get some perspective will you? No one strangled your cat, OK? They're just browsers...software, right?"

What part of "browser war" doesn't this guy understand?

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