Despite Security Flaws, Internet Explorer Resists Decline and Fall

bigc73542 · Mar 23, 2004

Link to story: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/33181.html

[size=+1]Despite Security Flaws, Internet Explorer Resists Decline and Fall[/size]
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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Mullyman · Mar 23, 2004

Very interesting article bigC...see for all the die hard IE users..were still top dog...no matter how many polls are taken to prove the contrary...i know there is a lot of issues with IE...but i have never been effected once...by the looks of it sp2 is headed in the right direction...be interesting to see if all the ones who critizied IE...try to jump back on the band wagon,when IE becomes the best browser to use...latley i have been noticing a few issues with the so-called replacement browsers but once again,that is only my opinion

bigc73542 · Mar 23, 2004

Maybe the 98.4% of the people that use IE don't know any better.---------- JUST KIDDING. I think IE is a good browser My personal preference is opera.I also like firefox It just depends what you like.

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