Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 25th Jan 2006 21:16 UTC, submitted by Varg Vikernes
Mozilla & Gecko clones Here is a page discussing various myths surrounding Firefox. "We have all seen these banners before or heard people say 'Firefox is faster, Firefox has lower requirements, Firefox is secure, Firefox defends me from all spyware, etc.' How misleading is it? Read on." Flame away. And be gentle. That's an order. And here's a rebuttal.
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by CPUGuy on Thu 26th Jan 2006 23:54 UTC in reply to "RE"
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2005-07-06

An exploit is not the same thing as allowing people to install viruses and such without user intervention.... which happens to be exactly what I said.

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by hal2k1 on Fri 27th Jan 2006 09:19 in reply to "RE"
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2005-11-11

"An exploit is not the same thing as allowing people to install viruses and such without user intervention.... which happens to be exactly what I said."

Yes it is, and yes it does.

I watched that video and I thought ... what a nightmare. I wonder how many people were extorted out of $39.95 a year by that.

How can you sleep at night running a Windows system exposed to the internet?

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