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Posted by Shenan Stanley on November 27, 2005, 2:29 pm
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Imhotep wrote:
> Has anyone notice that there is not a single meantion of the
> latest IE vuln in the news (popular news sites like cnn, yahoo,
> bbc, etc)???
Imhotep wrote:
> ...still waiting for popular news sites to carry the article.
> Could it be that MS is putting on the pressure not to carry the
> article, in popular news sites, UNTIL there is a fix? Could it be
> that they are trying to prevent more IE to Firefox converts? Say
> it ain't so....say it ain't so....
Shenan Stanley wrote:
> ...
Imhotep wrote:
> ....
I just don't think having CNN, Yahoo, BBC report on another vulnerability in
IE would push more people to FireFox.
Most people wouldn't understand what it all meant or would zone out/skim
over it because it is of no interest to them - that is their tech-supports
problem - not theirs - even if they have their own computer(s) at home they
manage.
Those who switch to FireFox do so because of encouragement from people they
know/trust/asked advice from. At most - they might ask someone they
know/trust and usually ask advice from about the article/broadcast they just
read/heard/saw - and then - the person they ask may not either be informed
of the issue yet or could be neutral/in a weird mood/just not care/have a
different attitude about it all and give them advice like "Use the Off By
One Web Browser".. ( http://www.offbyone.com/ ) and walk away.
Do I tell people to try FireFox?
Yep.
Do I do it because of vulerabilities found in IE?
Nope.
Now - should this whole thing be some big news story?
I don't know - I don't make those decisions. I know that if I were a head
honcho with one of the larger news reporting agencies - I probably would
have the attitude protrayed in so many movies about the news media - what
story will cause the most sensational outcry? What story will make the most
people stand up and argue and thus watch/read my news as opposed to the
1000's of other choices they have? Yeah - Internet Explorer vulnerability
just doesn't make the top of the list because too many of the
listeners/watchers/readers won't care.
Sad?
Maybe.
True?
Probably.
Have you paid attention to the news lately?
All of it?
There's probably a reason.
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Shenan Stanley
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