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| Thread ID: 49210 | 2004-09-13 01:37:00 | OT. Oops, did I say that. | Murray P (44) | Press F1 |
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| 271766 | 2004-09-13 01:37:00 | MS Security & Firefox (www.theinquirer.net) Cheers Murray ;P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 271767 | 2004-09-13 02:20:00 | Hi Murray, A lot of windows users do use firefox. OK from his work position it may be a little uncomfortable. :8} But he'll survive. Maybe that will get Bill Gates to do some serious work on IE. Using Firefox as my browser and Windows as my OS, I reckon I've got the best of both worlds and the best setup that I'll ever need. ;-) Please don't treat the deserved success of Firefox as a win for Linux or any other open program. It is simply that Firefox in itself is a real winner. You really are a persistant little bugger when it comes to Linux etc. ;\ Oops, did I say that? :O Regards Marg. |
pulling hair out (4493) | ||
| 271768 | 2004-09-13 02:38:00 | Hi Marg Hmm, well actually I don't use Firefox on Linux, I use the Mozilla suite. My Firefox use is restricted to Windows ;) although I'll change that when the new version comes out shortly. I just thought it was highly amusing that the head of MS security would use a competing product when he should be towing the party line and giving users confidence in his and his teams ability to provide a secure web (& therefore computing) experience on MS's product. Or maybe he just prefers Firefox and should be applauded for his good taste and common sense. BTW, did you know that MS has secured US software patents for such things as tabbed browsing and HTML code that will run on your PC without the need for a web browser. Hope they don't enforce them. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 271769 | 2004-09-13 02:38:00 | > Please don't treat the deserved success of Firefox as > a win for Linux or any other open program. It is > simply that Firefox in itself is a real winner. > > You really are a persistant little bugger when it > comes to Linux etc. ;\ I'm not sure exactly what you put on your cornflakes this morning but what on earth are you on about? I think you've tried to turn this post out into some kind of personal anti-linux thing you have going on. FireFox IS open source, and basically shows exactly what a community operated open source project can do, just like Linux, ThunderBird, GIMP and all the other open source packages in common use. Just think that most of the web-sites you visit (including this one), most of the e-mail you send and receive is handled by servers running exclusively open source solutions. Try setting up a Microsoft Exchange server and throw a few hundred thousand e-mail messages at it and see what happens - then try the same with an open source mail server installed on the same hardware platform - then come back and whinge about it. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 271770 | 2004-09-13 02:44:00 | > BTW, did you know that MS has secured US software > patents for such things as tabbed browsing and HTML > code that will run on your PC without the need for a > web browser. Hope they don't enforce them. As well as the "double-click", using the "tab" key to move through a web-site amongst others. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 271771 | 2004-09-13 02:49:00 | >I'm not sure exactly what you put on your cornflakes this morning but what on earth are you on about? I think you've tried to turn this post out into some kind of personal anti-linux thing you have going on. No, WTF, I am not. If I were I wouldn't have put the emoticons in it and I would have been a lot more specific. A lot of Linux and Windows posters tease each other. You obviously don't possess any sense of humour judging by your answer to this and other posts. You sad, sad man. Get a life. As regards my brekky, I don't eat cornflakes unless they are in afghans. I have a slow relaxing roll your own cigarette with a hot steaming coffee, and if the cats get lucky, they will get their brekky while the jug is boiling. Marg. |
pulling hair out (4493) | ||
| 271772 | 2004-09-13 02:53:00 | >>then come back and whinge about it. That Exchange Server just can't hack that pace can it :) |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 271773 | 2004-09-13 02:54:00 | Hi Murray, >>BTW, did you know that MS has secured US software patents for such >> things as tabbed browsing and HTML code that will run on your PC <<without the need for a web browser. Hope they don't enforce them. Same here. Won't be going back to IE for any reason. They need to start again completely from scratch. Did I really sound a pain in the ass in the previous reply? Thought I was allowed to make personal opinions on products. Sorry if it offended. regards Marg. |
pulling hair out (4493) | ||
| 271774 | 2004-09-13 02:55:00 | WTF: I think it was intended with jest, thats how I read it, and it seems that Marg is now trying to re-convey that. Us linux users arent too concerned by that sorta thing - We know we have the upper hand and that gives us the right to be silently smug ;-) On the article it says: "Then he mentioned that only that morning he had to download an upgrade to Firefox to block a flaw that would've allowed an attacker to run a program on his system." What's this about? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 271775 | 2004-09-13 02:55:00 | > You obviously don't possess any sense of humour > judging by your answer to this and other posts. You > sad, sad man. Get a life. Ah, you amuse me so - always ready to bite. You'll notice that Murray P, the intended recipient of your "humour" didn't see it either. |
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