__/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Friday 07 July 2006 09:51 \__
>> It is easier to find vulnerabilities in a Web browser that is so adjacent
>> to the filesystem and treats the Web as such (as well as vice versa, i.e.
>> treating files and directories as though they were Web pages). This makes
>> me wonder about Konqueror, actually.
>>
>> When Internet Explorer was rooted in, integrated into and merged with
>> Windows Explorer, it was intended to extinguish Netscape. Months ago Gates
>> admitted that it was a colossal mistake (not killing Navigator) to have
>> done so. Internet Explorer, which was falsely claimed in court to have
>> made this attribute irreversible, is yet to suffer for a long time, even
>> in Windows Vista (in the form of version 7). Escape it before it's too
>> late (e.g. computer gets hijacked).
>>
>> I believe that Microsoft will try to retract the binding with the
>> filesystem, but will it not overcomplicate matters and shatter backward
>> compatibility (e.g. Explorer as a multi-threaded S/FTP client)? What a
>> mess! No wonder everyone's leaving, including Gates, Scoble (who have
>> always raved about Firefox) and the poor engineers that needed to test the
>> dog.
>
> I agree. Obviously Gates's claims in the Netscape trial that IE was
> integral to Windows and could not be extracted from the whole system
> were lies. You don't need to know much about computer science to know
> that modularity is key to large software projects, otherwise you get a
> mess. And the fact that browsers are easily substituted in Linux or
> Mac OS belies Gates's claims. So now the chickens come home to roost,
> and users (and, as you say, the poor software guys at Microsoft) have
> to pay the price. Meanwhile the rats are leaving the ship.
Here is an animated proof that Gates was lying in court:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vQKAtHdfuc
Damn. Actually, the link has been broken (i.e. video removed). From memory,
Gates told his panel that they could squash Navigator by "putting Internet
Explorer right in the user's face, so to speak". He was being metaphorically
grilled in that video as he was rocking back and forth like a demented
person.
Best wishes,
Roy
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