On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Dan Kaminsky <d...@doxpara.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:00 PM, <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu> wrote: >> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:38:34 EST, James Matthews said: >> >>> Why doesn't microsoft throw some of it's weight behind Mozilla and ditch IE >>> forever. It doesn't suit their image. >> >> Unfortunately, the PR doesn't work that way. Do you really want to be buying >> an entire operating system from somebody who just admitted they can't even >> produce a workable browser with all their resources? >> >> (Note this works differently in the Linux world, where the kernel crew >> doesn't >> even pretend to write browsers, and the Firefox crew *just* does browsers, >> and >> somebody else *just* does OpenOffice, and distros (for the most part) just >> worry >> about integration issues, and everybody only claims to do their little part >> well) > > Seriously. I mean, just look at Linux, Firefox, and OpenOffice. > Pristine code, not a single security vulnerability between them :)
Any complicated and evolving piece of software will have security vulnerabilities all the time. Maybe comparing and contrasting response to vulnerabilities would be interesting? Cheers Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
