Yeah, Internet Explorer is the least secure because noone is going to sit around writing viruses for a web browser that either doesn't exist yet or has little market share (Google Chrome).
Making a a new web based application that is incompatable with the web browser with market share dominance (almost 70%) really makes a lot of business sense to me.
Firefox made 74 million dollars last year, and chrome is still in beta. Opera is interesting, but the only people that like it are the ones that use it.
ReplyDeleteWhen Firefox first came out it had more security flaws that IE, but then fixed them at a rate of 1 per day(I read this article yesterday). IE's flaws were fixed at a rate of 1 per 8 days.
ReplyDeleteThat firefox has a big enough share, and chrome is a baby.
ReplyDeleteAnd Microsoft is being sued over packaging IE with windows and now they have added a feature to 7 to 'turn off' IE, but you still can't uninstall it.
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ReplyDeleteFirst off, what does Mozilla do with their money, being a not for profit? Second, doesn't the money that doesn't come from donations and t-shirt sales come from Google (well, most of it)? Well then, doesn't Chrome directly compete with Firefox, resulting in a quarrel between the two, and cannabalized market share and revenue for Firefox?
ReplyDelete88% of Mozilla Foundation's revenues come from Google. From Mozilla's tax return:
ReplyDeleteMozilla has a contract with a search engine provider for royalties which expires in November 2008. The contract was recently amended and extended to November 2011. Approximately 88% and 85% of Mozilla’s revenue for 2007 and 2006, respectively, was derived from this contract.
The article I read the other day said they didn't know what to do with their money and maybe will loose their tax free-ness
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