Question for those who are deploying FF in the enterprise: 1. how are you managing FF upgrades, via GPO? Unless you plan on repackaging FF on your own, FrontMotion is not always up to date in terms of msi's.
2. from security perspective, IEs can be patched internally via WSUS quite readily with the push of a few buttons. Patching FF on the other hand is not so easy and FF vulnerabilities in the last year has become more & more frequent. Granted there are equal if not more holes in IE but at least we know that once released via WU or WSUS it can be deployed easily. 3. In terms of ability to centrally administer/config browser FF, its also quite lacking. The config adm from Frontmotion is not quite as extensive as the ie adms's. I'm surprised that there is no config settings for setting FF bookmarks & allowing admins to dynamically update them & push them out to users. > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:24 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day > > I'm not a huge FF fan either, but there are millions who are. > Ill download it and install it and play with it, but I doubt I will use > it > much. > I think this is a great marketing idea for Firefox. It's fun and people > will > do it. > I give them kudos for the idea. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:08 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day > > Nah, I just don't like to use things based on hype. > > I know, I know. Hype pretty much runs the industry these days (ex. > iPhone), > but following the crowd gives me a bad feeling. > > Plus, I've never had much luck with Firefox, so I don't see the > benefit. > It's slow, eats away at memory, etc. > > Now, Opera, on the other hand. No hype. Great product. That's the > only > 3rd party browser I would recommend. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 9:53 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day > > Because Rod doesn't like anyone to use anything non-Microsoft. It > scares him. ;-) > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Martin Blackstone > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why? Seriously. Why? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:55 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day > > > > Don't do it. > > > > Like sheep to the slaughter. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter van Houten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:53 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Firefox 3.0 Download Day > > > > Today is supposed to be the official release day for Firefox 3.0 and > > Mozilla are trying to set a record for the number of downloads. The > > Firefox home page is slightly out of date but the full 3.0 download > is > > here for those that are interested: > > > > ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0 > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > > > -- > ME2 > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
