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March 23rd, 2004, 12:48 PM
Link to story: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/33181.html
-{ Quote: "Despite Security Flaws, Internet Explorer Resists Decline and Fall
By Alison Diana
E-Commerce Times
March 23, 2004
Fred Cohen, principal analyst at The Burton Group, told the E-Commerce Times that releasing a patch prematurely can cause more problems than the vulnerability itself. Indeed, the IE patch's tardiness appears to have had little effect on the browser market, according to Dennis Barr of the Larkin Group.
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is still top dog in a newly invigorated brawl over the browser space, despite some security flaws and a somewhat sluggish development schedule.
Although alternative browsers may offer more secure portals to the Web, many IT managers in corporate America are reluctant to move away from IE -- preferring, instead, to gamble on Microsoft's release of Internet Explorer 6 for XP Service Pack 2, which is slated to become available in the first half of this year.
"I'm happy for the most part with Microsoft's current products, but I'm waiting for them to get further along in their Trustworthy Computing work before I can say that I'm completely happy with them," Dennis Barr, manager of information technology at the Larkin Group...
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-{ Quote: "Despite Security Flaws, Internet Explorer Resists Decline and Fall
By Alison Diana
E-Commerce Times
March 23, 2004
Fred Cohen, principal analyst at The Burton Group, told the E-Commerce Times that releasing a patch prematurely can cause more problems than the vulnerability itself. Indeed, the IE patch's tardiness appears to have had little effect on the browser market, according to Dennis Barr of the Larkin Group.
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is still top dog in a newly invigorated brawl over the browser space, despite some security flaws and a somewhat sluggish development schedule.
Although alternative browsers may offer more secure portals to the Web, many IT managers in corporate America are reluctant to move away from IE -- preferring, instead, to gamble on Microsoft's release of Internet Explorer 6 for XP Service Pack 2, which is slated to become available in the first half of this year.
"I'm happy for the most part with Microsoft's current products, but I'm waiting for them to get further along in their Trustworthy Computing work before I can say that I'm completely happy with them," Dennis Barr, manager of information technology at the Larkin Group...
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.
." }-