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Story: Firefox: The ultimate test for open source?
Posted by: Charles Tryon (Wednesday 12 January 2005, 4:51 PM)
Good Point. The GNU/Linux platform, even in it's "dummed down" versions such as Lindows/Linspire, it generally hitting a more tech-savvy audience. Firefox it hitting an entirely different audience. The simple fact is, Firefox isn't going to be perfect, and there will be exploits discovered. The two tests will be, (1) how well can the development team limit the impact of those exploits through careful design and implementation, and (2) how can the community deal with the problem of getting out patches to Grandma when an exploit is discovered, in such a way that she doesn't have to really understand what is going on.
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Story: Firefox: The ultimate test for open source?
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Well said. I do feel quite guilty about posting my... NJ -
Quite right. However, being a user of Firefox isn'... Anonymous
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While I agree with the premise of this article as... William Gates
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Only a ignorant dolt (or a troll) would be against... A Flones
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If anyone reading this switched to Firefox only on... Anonymous
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Good Point. The GNU/Linux platform, even in it's... Charles Tryon -
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This article is typical media-hype to genera... Peter Davie
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I do like firefox I have been using an alternate b... Leon Sammual Davidson
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I installed Firefox a couple of weeks ago as a rep... Dave Rohde
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It's free so quit your whining. They owe you nothi... Sam Hahn
