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IBM sides with FireFox

What will be the consequences of the security problems?

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14th of May 2005, 20:40 GMT

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The security problems faced by FireFox last week have made many analysts question the wonder browser's chances to compete with Internet Explorer.

IBM came with the response and officially announced that it will adopt FireFox, recommending all 300,000 employees to download and use it.

IBM
could be accused of subjectivity considering the company's preferences for OpenSource, but one should take into account that FireFox's flaws are nothing compared to Internet Explorer's.

After all, FireFox is a new browser, and these flaws are inherent to the developing of every software program. But unfortunately for Internet Explorer, overall, FireFox is a much more reliable and stable solution.

Another advantage is that Firefox is OpenSource and as we speak, there are countless programmers writing new applications to expand and improve its functions, a situation that will never apply to Internet Explorer.

Moreover, FireFox doesn't offer support for Microsoft ActiveX, which is the main target for spyware.
So, two security breaches are not enough to discredit FireFox, on the contrary, Microsoft has a lot to learn from the excellent response time of the developers of this OpenSource browser.


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Comment #1 by: Jeremy_of_Many on 15 May 2005, 15:18 GMT reply to this comment

These kinds of articles about Firefox really anger me. Firefox is an excellent browser that is non-stop, continuously improving in development. if security holes are found in IE, you have to wait a whole month and even then you have to go to Windows Updates where patches are downloaded and installed to your OS. With Firefox, the holes are fixed within a week and a brand new executable is free for download. Firefox is also developing an update engine. It's got its share fo problems, but so does every browser. Because of Firefox, IE's market share has gone down to 88.6% and will continue to drop. So, considering the ratio of time it takes for each browser to fix vulnerabilities, people should not be so harsh to point the finger at Firefox. Even with vulnerabilities exposed, what's the likelihood that hackers will target Firefox with IE still dominating... at least for now? Think about it.

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