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Firefox’ed

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I found this article on Slashdot comparing the number of security patches released for Internet Explorer and Firefox in the same time period to be highly amusing. Basically they are saying that Firefox, the allegedly “safer” open source browser, has released 2-4 times more security fixes in the same time period than Internet Explorer. Ha ha. See? Open source products suck. Hey let’s get a bunch of college hackers together and make up an application! Yeah, what a great idea.

I find it particularly ironic since my previous employer insisted we use Firefox because it was safer. Doh!

Cynthia found this nice article about the transformation of objective reporting into dramatic infotainment, most recently seen in the wake of Katrina and in the pre-wake of Rita. Actually, I think the transformation is already complete.

Not much else to report this evening, except that the notification system in my portal is still coming along nicely.

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