December 18, 2004

firefox in the new york times (not the ad)

Tomorrow's New York Times features an article about Firefox. The two page article, by Randall Stross and titled "The Fox Is in Microsoft's Henhouse (and Salivating)" is a worthwhile read. I particularly liked this paragraph

With Firefox, open-source software moves from back-office obscurity to your home, and to your parents', too. (Your children in college are already using it.) It is polished, as easy to use as Internet Explorer and, most compelling, much better defended against viruses, worms and snoops.
Mr Stross also spends quite a few of his 1200 words wagging a chastening finger at Microsoft calling IE "long overdue for a top-to-bottom redesign, one that would treat security as integral." That sounds good to me.

Posted by asa at 9:31 PM

 

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