Journal orthogonal's Journal: Microsoft MSN Slate Columnist: Drop IE for Firefox 8
(This was rejected by the Slashdot editors when I submitted it. It's not a dupe is it?)
Slate, the flagship "webzine" of Microsoft's MSN website, has published a column by Paul Boutin advising Microsoft Internet Explorer users to drop IE for Mozilla Firefox because "hackers continue to find and exploit security holes in [Internet] Explorer". Boutin isn't planning to go back, either, he says: "I've been using [Firefox] for a week now, and I've all but forgotten about [Internet] Explorer." He even helpfully links to a Firefox
Interesting (Score:2)
[microsoft] won the browser war, so why keep fighting it?
I think this really highlights the MS thought process. They don't care about improving the user experience, merely crushing the competition. To me this reveals the value of OSS, which strives for self improvement not simply from monetary gain but from actual desire to provide a compelling solution.
Re:Interesting (Score:2)
I was surprised too (Score:1)
I must see a good half a dozern a day I'd like to see posted, but I DOUBT I will get one posted until after I have been given mod points. I did try to get the japanese super magnetic motor article posted, but I did it as an ac, and it didn't get talked about for a few weeks after I first read it. I wonder what happened
Why I never get mod points (Score:3, Informative)
What are mod points?
Despite have had "Excellent" Karma for the last two years running, and generally having more than 10 "+5"s in my last 24 comments, -- and being a subscriber -- I haven't gotten mod points since January.
January was when I criticized Cmdr Taco [slashdot.org], for supporting DirecTV (and thus DirecTV's baseless lawsuits), in a comment on an "Ask Slashdot" Taco himself had written, asking for advice [slashdot.org].
That comment got modded down,
Re:Why I never get mod points (Score:2)
I figure there'sa random factor involved. I've never been sucessful at games of chance.
Re:Why I never get mod points (Score:1)
Re:Why I never get mod points (Score:2)
This story was accepted, just not from you (Score:2)