Gemal's Psyched Blog - Comments on Microsoft security chief uses Firefox http://gemal.dk/blog/2004/09/02/microsoft_security_chief_uses_firefox/index.html Microsoft's head of security, Stephen Toulouse, has accidentally revealed that he uses Firefox. In an interview with Wired here, Toulouse was chatting about how security was an industry wide problem and not Internet Explorer specific. Then he mentioned that only... en-us Copyright 2009 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:48:53 +0100 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:37:00 +0100 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.17 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://gemal.dk/ http://gemal.dk//pics/favicon.png Gemal's Psyched Blog By Robin He's since claimed he was misquoted and that although he keeps lots of browsers on his computer his chosen browser is IE6 SP2 with Maxthon shell. He's since claimed he was misquoted and that although he keeps lots of browsers on his computer his chosen browser is IE6 SP2 with Maxthon shell.

]]> http://gemal.dk/blog/2004/09/02/microsoft_security_chief_uses_firefox/#comment1?from=rss-comment http://gemal.dk/blog/2004/09/02/microsoft_security_chief_uses_firefox/#comment1 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:25:51 +0100 Robin robin@reala.net By Michael Lefevre This is all silly mis-reporting - quite funny though. There is a difference between having something installed on your computer and actually using it or thinking it's a good product.If you look through various blogs for the Mozilla community, you will find that many of the Mozilla folks have talked about using IE - if they have it and are not installing the updates for it, then that's pretty dumb. In fact, anyone who is responsible for a website is being pretty dumb if they don't test it in IE. This is all silly mis-reporting - quite funny though. There is a difference between having something installed on your computer and actually using it or thinking it's a good product.

If you look through various blogs for the Mozilla community, you will find that many of the Mozilla folks have talked about using IE - if they have it and are not installing the updates for it, then that's pretty dumb. In fact, anyone who is responsible for a website is being pretty dumb if they don't test it in IE.

]]> http://gemal.dk/blog/2004/09/02/microsoft_security_chief_uses_firefox/#comment2?from=rss-comment http://gemal.dk/blog/2004/09/02/microsoft_security_chief_uses_firefox/#comment2 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:35:07 +0100 Michael Lefevre gemalblog@michaellefevre.com By Ernst Persson Just like Asa runs Opera and IE every now and then, he probably runs Firefox and Opera sometimes. Just like Asa runs Opera and IE every now and then, he probably runs Firefox and Opera sometimes.

]]> http://gemal.dk/blog/2004/09/02/microsoft_security_chief_uses_firefox/#comment3?from=rss-comment http://gemal.dk/blog/2004/09/02/microsoft_security_chief_uses_firefox/#comment3 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 17:21:01 +0100 Ernst Persson ernstp@gmail.com By AJ I have both Opera and Internet Explorer installed(plus the Mozilla suite) which I actively maintain, but the only browser I _use_ is Firefox.To leap from "MS Security chief has Firefox installed" to "MS Security chief uses Firefox" is just petty and childish.(not to mention apparently incorrect) I have both Opera and Internet Explorer installed(plus the Mozilla suite) which I actively maintain, but the only browser I _use_ is Firefox.

To leap from "MS Security chief has Firefox installed" to "MS Security chief uses Firefox" is just petty and childish.(not to mention apparently incorrect)

]]> http://gemal.dk/blog/2004/09/02/microsoft_security_chief_uses_firefox/#comment4?from=rss-comment http://gemal.dk/blog/2004/09/02/microsoft_security_chief_uses_firefox/#comment4 Thu, 02 Sep 2004 17:41:27 +0100 AJ cirisme@gmail.com By Bill Gates He obviously didn't try this - http://www.nd.edu/~jsmith30/xul/test/spoof.html He obviously didn't try this - http://www.nd.edu/~jsmith30/xul/test/spoof.html

]]> http://gemal.dk/blog/2004/09/02/microsoft_security_chief_uses_firefox/#comment5?from=rss-comment http://gemal.dk/blog/2004/09/02/microsoft_security_chief_uses_firefox/#comment5 Wed, 08 Sep 2004 12:19:03 +0100 Bill Gates billg@microsoft.com By Bruce Morgan Lots of people at Microsoft use browsers other than IE. Some use other browsers exclusively, others use them once in a while or for a specific reason. There is no corporate edict to use IE for browsing, nor would our corporate culture really allow for such a thing.Further, people on the IE team use lots of different browsers (IE based and not IE based), plug-ins, toolbars, etc.. I'm one of the development managers on the IE team, focusing on the user interface. It would be downright stupid of me to solely use IE for browsing. Today I'm using Firefox, mostly. I like how Pluck integrates with IE for RSS feeds, so I've been using that configuration a lot as well.Maxthon is an excellent IE based browser. I'm not at all surprised (or disappointed) that Stephen uses it as his browser of choice. It has lots of features that IE itself does not. Lots of people at Microsoft use browsers other than IE. Some use other browsers exclusively, others use them once in a while or for a specific reason. There is no corporate edict to use IE for browsing, nor would our corporate culture really allow for such a thing.

Further, people on the IE team use lots of different browsers (IE based and not IE based), plug-ins, toolbars, etc.. I'm one of the development managers on the IE team, focusing on the user interface. It would be downright stupid of me to solely use IE for browsing. Today I'm using Firefox, mostly. I like how Pluck integrates with IE for RSS feeds, so I've been using that configuration a lot as well.

Maxthon is an excellent IE based browser. I'm not at all surprised (or disappointed) that Stephen uses it as his browser of choice. It has lots of features that IE itself does not.

]]> http://gemal.dk/blog/2004/09/02/microsoft_security_chief_uses_firefox/#comment6?from=rss-comment http://gemal.dk/blog/2004/09/02/microsoft_security_chief_uses_firefox/#comment6 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:21:30 +0100 Bruce Morgan brucemor@hotmail.com