Mozilla and the future of the Web (NewsForge)
The issue of security is one that has got out of control for Microsoft, and that has benefited Mozilla. Every day people migrate to Mozilla and Firefox to get away from the spyware and security issues of Internet Explorer, and Microsoft isn't doing anything to change that. Hofmann says, "Microsoft seems unlikely to do a major PR campaign advising developers to move away from ActiveX until they have another proprietary solution in place to lock up the migration. I'm guessing that will come with Longhorn. If I was running a Web site or IT department, I'd be making plans to do this migration from ActiveX on my terms, and I'd be doing it as rapidly as possible."
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