re: Microsoft security chief uses Firefox...hehehe
Wednesday, September 8, 2004 at 4:42 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by grunt
(303 messages posted)
How can I uninstall Microsofts Internet Explorer Completely?
Is there a way? Years ago, I heard of people doing this.
On Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at 9:04 pm, Broni wrote:
>MICROSOFT'S head of security, Stephen Toulouse, has accidentally revealed that he
>uses Firefox.
>
>In an interview with Wired here, Toulouse was chatting about how security was an
>industry wide problem and not Internet Explorer specific.
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>Then he mentioned that only that morning he had to download an upgrade to Firefox
>to block a flaw that would've allowed an attacker to run a program on his system.
>
>While he meant to point out how other browsers have the same problems as IE, he
just
>happened to reveal that he surfs using the rival browser.
>
>Of course it is unlikely that he does not find IE a particularly secure proposition
>and there must be a really good reason he has Firefox on his computer. Here are
a
>possible list of excuses:
>
>1. His secretary downloaded it and he can’t work out how to uninstall it. He has
>to keep updating to prevent from being a hole in his system.
>2. He finds the orange and blue colour scheme calming.
>3. He ritually has to swear at it as part of a Vole management rite.
>4. He uses it to see if it can’t download the same pages that IE can and then laugh
>if it can’t.
>5. He is trying to know the enemy by using it.
>
>HERE
>
>Hard die Netscape user here, and very happy about it.....
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>Smartercomputing
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