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Story: Firefox 'passes 20 percent market share' in Europe

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Strange. If corporate environments are hanging out for IE 7 then which version of IE 7 exactly? And if corporate environments can't rush into things then doesn't that impose that once a wrong choice has been made they're inclined to stick with it regardless? Given that most corporate environments would have to drop IE 6 if they would actually follow Microsoft's security guidelines for each and every month (the current one being: disable Active Scripting; unless you think that pop-up questions to end users are a good alternative). And what's this about that one can't change back again without costs'? That sounds like an excuse to maintain the status qua. To endorse the, in hindsight, wrong decision. Ofcourse there will be consequences with any decision made. That's why a decision is made in the first place. So the impact of a 'fall back scenario' should at least be part of the 'potential project risks' before even allowing the change but that seems to be way above what the average Joe can handle. Instead the average IT department, in whole, tends to follow the status quo and be blind to the consequences of such (in)action. Thus misleading entire organizations into thinking that good decisions have been made, savings have been achieved and security has been taken care of. In reality however the average IT department is sticking its head in the sand, ignoring basic security advisories and putting more effort in finding excuses and fighting symptoms then actualy finding solutions and solving causes. For 10 years on a row now.

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