IE7 will boost Firefox

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Windows 2000 users are expected to migrate to Firefox in droves, taking advantage of enterprise-friendly features that will be available in version 1.1 of the open source browser



The Mozilla Foundation is expecting to see a surge in interest in the Firefox browser from enterprise users once Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 7 next year.

IE7, which will be available in beta this summer, will not be available to users of Windows 2000.

Asa Dotzler, the community coordinator at the Mozilla Foundation, said in an interview published on Tuesday that he hopes to attract many corporate Windows 2000 users to the Firefox browser, as they will be unable to take advantage of the improvements in IE7.

"We have high hopes that we'll do better and better in [the enterprise] space with Windows 2000 users," said Dotzler. "We're excited about Microsoft launching IE7 — it will remind a lot of people that if they want better features they have to spend hundreds of dollars upgrading [to Windows XP]."

Nearly half of all Windows-based business desktops are still using Windows 2000, according to a recent survey by AssetMetrix, meaning that there is a big market for the Mozilla Foundation to tap into.

Firefox 1.1, which is due for release this month, will include a range of features to encourage companies to migrate to the open source browser, including an auto-update and preference locking feature.

The auto-update system, which Dotzler described as a "world-class update system", will allow users to automatically install patches and updates, rather than needing to re-install Firefox each time an update is released. Version 1.1 will also include improved tools to lock-down browser preferences, he said.

Improvements in Firefox, along with IE7, could lead to a dramatic increase in the open source browser's market share, according to Dotzler. "As we improve our tools for corporate deployments and people feel they're being left behind on Windows 2000, hopefully we'll see a real domino effect," he said.
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Source: ZDNET UK

Well this is certainly good news :D

Viva la Firefox!
 
its not news, its a prediction from someone who doesnt have a crystal ball, how do you know ie7 wont be awesome? you cant just be like oh microsoft bad mozilla good, think objectivly, wait to see it for yourself
 
Judging from past experience with Microsoft, one can safely assume that IE7 will be great...up to a point. Since IE still dominates the browser market, exploits will soon be running around and every user with some sense will switch over to another browser. Ofcourse FF is not the all-perfect-g0d-of-browsers, but the O.S. policy makes it that much more resistant to extended attacks than the closed-box model of IE.
Can't believe Microsoft won't give win2000 users a go at IE7. Typical really.
At work we have a 98 box running FF... for some strange reason that installation also coincided with a remarkable drop on our ADSL usage...hmmm....
 
Microsoft is also monopoly. They are taking advantages of their world market share. They included Internet Explorer as a Windows package and then killed Netscape. It's not fair.
 
Just a question: Isn't open source more vulnerable to exploits as the code is um open source?
 
I often wonder if people BOTHER TO READ entire threads of this kinda thing, or just pick up stompies ?

READ THE ARTICLE !

IE7, which will be available in beta this summer, will not be available to users of Windows 2000.

Nearly half of all Windows-based business desktops are still using Windows 2000

Jezuz-H-Christ !
 
lol - So what you're saying bb_matt is that nearly half of the business desktops wont be able to run IE7 and will probably migrate to Firefox?
 
bwana v.3 said:
lol - So what you're saying bb_matt is that nearly half of the business desktops wont be able to run IE7 and will probably migrate to Firefox?
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Yes, your on the ball today ! :D
 
rebel said:
It's 2005 so people must upgrade. I mean really... :rolleyes:
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why ?

Windows 2000 works perfectly well for 50% of business, why should they upgrade and face yet another round of headaches from software that doesn't function properly ?

I think business is sick and tired of microsoft and their upgrade antics and are no longer playing ball.

If it aint broke, don't fix it.
 
bb_matt said:
If it aint broke, don't fix it.
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My DOS never broke... in fact Windows 95 gave me hell in comparison. :D

Viva MS-DOS 6.2*!! Viva!


*MS-DOS 6.2 was the best version of DOS ever to be released, IMO.
 
seburn said:
Just a question: Isn't open source more vulnerable to exploits as the code is um open source?
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no not really...
If you take a closed-source app (like IE) that gets exploited, the time involved to release a patch is enormous, whereas an open source app (like FF), the patch is released within hours. Also, the amount of developers going through the OS application's source is much larger than your average closed-source development team, thus, bugs in OS applications are located/fixed much faster, usually a lot faster than exploits are developed...
 
bb_matt said:
I often wonder if people BOTHER TO READ entire threads of this kinda thing, or just pick up stompies ?

READ THE ARTICLE !

IE7, which will be available in beta this summer, will not be available to users of Windows 2000.

Nearly half of all Windows-based business desktops are still using Windows 2000

Jezuz-H-Christ !
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ha ha, I like this one!!!
I use only Windows 2000 at work and at home and I have no intention moving to any other windows any time soon as the other windowses are serious k4k:)

I believe that IE7 will be one **** browser, very nice looking, controling all your moves, and probably will send periodical reports to MS which sitest you are visiting :) looking at this garbage windows XP, windows is on the road to become OS for retarded! Their moto must be "Lets prevent the users from doing what they want to do, and lets tell them what they should be doing".
 
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