Not approved = no dice. IS people are a paranoid lot, if there ever was, especially in the Fed. CYA is a way of life, and the first time one of these unapproved third party apps fails, they're in hot water. For good or bad, Microsoft is a trusted name and that carries a lot of weight.
It will take a long time for Firefox to be accepted fully. Too many unknowns. Like Dave, I'm not saying Firefox is not better, but it is a riskier proposition at this point. With so much on the line, could you make an effective argument for them to go the risk route? thanks -r _____________________________________ Rob Barthle Contractor - Sr. Software Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 202-245-6484 -----Original Message----- From: Munson, Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 12:54 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Developing for 800 x 600 on monitor at higher resolution Robert and Dave, Mozilla has a guide for enterprise deployment (including companies >10,000): http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox:2.0_Institutional_Deployment They list a few 3rd party apps that allow you to mass deploy Firefox, lock down options, install extensions, etc. The biggest downside appears to be that a lot of this is not Mozilla approved. But heck, it's an open source product. Welcome to the beach. ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: Barthle, Robert > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 10:36 AM > > Would you like to manage a network of 10,000 people using > tools that can en masse head off problem, and tools designed > with managing updates on a bulk basis, or would you like to > manually install or patch 10,000 separate accounts with > Firefox? In the sector I work in, that's the real-world question. > > When you start to get into the scale of things, the answers > change greatly. And remember, in most cases these are > networks made up of mostly non-technical people. To many, a > web browser is a web browser is a web browser. They don't > care about anything other than "will it get me to the site I > want?", so the cool factor of Firefox is negligible. It has > to work, and be easy to maintain. > > Should Firefox become easy to manage over a network in large > scale, then it will become a much more major player in the > intranet arena. [INFO] -- Access Manager: This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. A2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233402 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
