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You have to seek out Firefox, so it has to be worth seeking out. Chrome comes with Android, Safari comes with Mac and iOS, and IE comes with Microsoft. So, as mobile increases, Firefox is not a default player.

Here's a question: "Why would a System Administrator take the time to install Firefox on all the company machines?"

A system administrator is going to most likely be using some sort of push tool or have Firefox in the default image - if they care enough to use it at all. In all my years of doing Network/Sysadmin (1999 - 2010), Microsoft always told us their browser was the best and easiest to configure with system policies... so the higher ups just bought it, hook, line and sinker. Never mind that Microsoft had never PROVEN that claim.

or deploy a package with some 3rd party... but it still takes effort, what are the reasons for spending it?

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