On Jun 7, 2009, at 2:25 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
“This update adds to Firefox one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities
present in all versions of Internet Explorer: the ability for
websites to
easily and quietly install software on your PC. Since this design
flaw is
one of the reasons you may’ve originally choosen to abandon IE in
favor of a
safer browser like Firefox, you may wish to remove this extension
with all
due haste.”
This is really, really clever. When a competitor has a feature that
provides a significant advantage, you write a patch or plugin for
their software that removes the advantage. Wow! This lifts
competition to an entirely new level. I guess one could call this
tactic a drive-by shooting. So should Mozilla now retaliate by
issuing patches that introduce horrible bugs into IE or W7?
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