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join:2003-12-29
Bolton, MA | reply to stufried
Re: Sick of hearing "that's why I use Mozilla, etc." Actually, Microsoft is also a victim of their own arrogance; by "integrating" IE into the OS and shipping it with the OS (all in an attempt to stifle competition), they have a responsibility to make (and keep) it secure. They have fallen down badly, I'd say because of their usual attitude of failing to plan for the unintended consequences of their "whiz bang" ideas.
Plus, they tend to ship code a wee bit "early," so to speak, which doesn't help matters. When bugs or exploits are found, they should fix them quickly, but they haven't done that, either.
Their browser is popular because they ship it with the OS, it is "good enough" for most people and they make getting any other browser more difficult. So yes, it becomes a target because some cracker can assume it is on the desktop and most likely be right. All the more reason to fix exploits quickly. |
