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| Time: 03:14 EST/08:14 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Thanks Bruce. "Web surfers eyeing Mozilla-based browsers as a safer alternative might want to wait a week before making the switch. That's because the Mozilla Foundation, an open-source browser development group in Mountain View, Calif., has acknowledged a pair of serious flaws in the way its browsers handle certificates, the digital documents that let you verify a Web site's identity. " | ||
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| #1 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 7/28/2004 11:29:22 AM |
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Man, haven't we heard this before?
"And the big difference between Moizlla/OSS bugs is that they will be fixed in a matter of hours or days versus MS ignoring/denying/exacerbating bugs for months if not years. " Mozilla sat on that last shell: one for two years claiming it was a feature, not a bug. "Hear that sound....it's the sound of closed source developement grinding to a halt. " You know, I'd be perfectly willing to build some strawman arguments for you that I could tear down. There's really no point in you helping me on that. |
| #2 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 7/28/2004 12:29:09 PM |
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Serious Ditto's Parrkker!
XP SP2 RC2 and RTM will stop this. I have not seen one ad/spy-ware object since using it. |
| #3 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 7/28/2004 2:46:14 PM |
| #9 - Ditto's aren't allowed here. We're trying to create an intelligent forum not an echo chamber. |
| #4 By 21203 (208.252.96.220) at 7/28/2004 4:20:52 PM |
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You don't think that's the other way around for quite a few other things?
He proved his point, move on. Since every new bug/security major news article comes up as some sort of contest, it doesn't really matter what the running scorecard is, unless you want to start an argument, and since Firefox hasn't gotten to "supported for mission critical use" yet there really isn't a baseline to start from. With the staff and budget MS has IT DOESN'T TAKE MONTHS TO YEARS to regression test. No, it doesn't. But as long as the "bug" is not a "security hole" it would not be released ad-hoc -- and that's the way it has always been. Bugs get fixed with service packs, not with emergency releases. So yes, it's been months or years since XP-SP1. However, if you find a bug and need it fixed, you can call MS to get a patch... assuming you own the product. It still verifies the original point made that usually there's a fix within a few hours (believe it or not as you choose -- I've called in on bugs and had an engineered fix within hours myself, but that's just my personal example) Hope that helps. This post was edited by mram on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 at 16:22. |
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