"With [the Win95] release, Apple was tested - and they failed miserably. Not only did I warn Apple to take 95 more seriously, I also accurately forecast the massive decline that would happen to them if they didn't do just that. The MS platform has changed dramatically and it is much greater than just the operating system these days. Apple, on the other hand, hasn't advanced nearly as much but they are predominantly consumer-based today and less vulnerable to this comparative weakness as a result. Just like the last time, they will largely leverage hardware this time, and, as before, they will be up against companies with resources that eclipse their own."
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Member since:Whether or not IE7 can do that depends on the implementation. If it contains exploitable holes the sandbox idea won't work (and then it will have system wide access.. that's even worse - and there is no 100% tight sandbox model so far - just like there is no 100% secure browser).
Let's see what happens when it's actually deployed world wide.
Firefox on GNU/Linux does not necessarily have access to user data, btw.
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The thing is, it is sandboxed compltely into it's own environment. IE7 can not touch anything but the history folder and the temp inet files. anything that is executed from within IE7 (including a security hole) can not be used to take advantage of any part of the system except these 2 folders.
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You are talking about simple user permissions... something that, actually Windows does better...
Uh, 2002 called, they want their FUD back. ACLs has been completely implemented in the 2.6 series of Linux kernels. This offers the same type of permission granularity as Windows NT, and then some.
That's not quite true: you still can't make a file executable in Linux simply by putting the right file extension...
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It's not the same at all.
Firefox in Linux can still access all your user data. IE7 can not do this.
You are talking about simple user permissions... something that, actually Windows does better... to bad that app developers are lazy and require Admin to use their apps.