[Novalug] Firefox FUD

[Ken Kauffman]

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On 12/2/07, DonJr <djr1952 at hotpop.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 17:20 -0500, Ed T. Toton III wrote:
> > Thus spake b b:
> >
> > > - the logic of the following statement FTFA escapes
> > > me:
> > >
> > > quote:
> > >
> > > Because Microsoft releases Web browsers less frequently and supports
> > > older editions for longer periods, claims Microsoft Security Strategy
> > > Director Jeff Jones in his latest report, Internet Explorer 7 users
> are
> > > less susceptible to security vulnerabilities than users of Firefox,
> > > whose updates come more frequently and whose older versions are
> > > disavowed sooner.
> > >
> > > end_quote:
> >
> > No kidding. It's more secure to encourage people to use buggy software
> for
> > longer periods of time without patching or upgrading? Hmmm...
> >
>
> Then by that logic I'd be more SECURE if I DO NOT upgrade any of my
> systems still running XP to Vista. Since Vista is so new it just has to
> be buggy and/or insecure.
>
>
> --
> --
>   Don E. Groves, Jr.
>
> ===============================================================
> A young man goes into a computer games shop. He says to an assistant "I
> want a challenging computer game with lots of graphics. It should be
> difficult, confusing and have plenty of contradictions to keep me busy".
>
> The assistant replies "Have you tried Windows XP?"
>
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