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Re: IE is just as safe as FireFox


From: David B Harris <dbharris () eelf ddts net>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 01:50:45 -0500

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:18:55 -0500
Danny <nocmonkey () gmail com> wrote:
Yes, IE security needs work. Yes, Firefox is a great web browser.

However, if Firefox or any other browser had the same market share as
IE, would it really be that much more secure? There sure would be a
lot more people trying to find holes in Firefox if it had the same
user base.

... because as soon as you hit 50% marketshare, the quality of the code
which has been written and distributed instantaneously and magically
drops and order of magnitude ...

</sarcasm>

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