-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jeff Martin wrote: > My theory - there are gazillion corporate and business apps that don't run on > IE7 thus users do not update even their personal PCs (for VPN access to those > apps.). I work for a hospital and we have apps that only recently with IE6. > When we ask about plans for IE8 support, we get the blank stare. Who doesn't > love ActiveX?
Yeah, that was what I tried to get at earlier. So now, what does that say about us? Who's the sucker... We are PAYING for that type of crappy service. > > ------------------------------------------------- > > This message is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either > expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties > of accuracy, correct grammar and spelling, lack of vulgarity or adult themes, > correct references, absence of viruses and/or viral memes, originality, or > fitness for any particular purpose. > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > --- On Tue, 7/1/08, Nick FitzGerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: Nick FitzGerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: RE: New Paper: More than 600 million users surf at high risk >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 8:27 PM >> Paul Schmehl to Larry Seltzer: >> >>> My completely non-scientific, >> unsupported-by-empirical-evidence answer is >>> no. It's because people who use Firefox tend to >> be more aware of security >>> threats and the need to keep software up to date. It >> could also be (at >>> least in part) because Firefox has a built-in, >> enabled-by-default, update >>> available warning system. >> I would agree with both those reasons and add that FF >> updates are not >> hampered by the disabling of the inbuilt (and often >> seriously mistrusted) >> OS auto-update mechanisms. >> >> I also _suspect_ that a lot of pirated copies of Windows >> probably have >> system updates disabled. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Nick FitzGerald > - -- Rob +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | _ | | ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) | | - against HTML email X | | / \ | | | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Ignorance is bliss... iEYEARECAAYFAkh5BCYACgkQcfN68iZZIccO2gCguiXZhH2xzYIge2QJeEmKkAT8 VNEAniAxzm7UMRW2xWGCP/iFtfaz5fDM =UlWl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
