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  1. Re:Alumni reaction by aliebrah · · Score: 2, Insightful · on U of C Student Information Compromised

    I'm an alumnus of UChicago as well, I've posted a blog entry about how I think this event has been handled.

  2. Totally Justified by linuxci · · Score: 4, Insightful · on Inquirer Blasts Mozilla for Microsoft-Style Bashing

    He was totally justified with what he said. Netscape released their version based on a release of Firefox with security holes when a patched version of Firefox already existed.

    It can create a bad impression on Mozilla applications if other apps that proudly boast that they're based on such apps don't release updates in a timely manner.

    On another note, it's quite possible that Netscape are breaking the Mozilla trademark guidelines. The application should have said something like based on Gecko rather than based on Firefox because after all the Netscape bloat adding it looks nothing like Firefox.

    Still nothing is as innovative as IE ;)

  3. It breaks tabbed browsing. by topher1kenobe · · Score: 4, Informative · on Netcraft Toolbar for Firefox Available

    According to aebrahim's head it does some really bad things to tabbed browsing.

  4. Re:Netscape's Original 8.0 Release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Netscape Releases Security Update

    Oops, forgot to post my blog anonymously, my bad.

  5. Re:Netscape's Original 8.0 Release by aliebrah · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Netscape Releases Security Update
    The reason they released it was it was all they had. They didn't have time to test and integrate a new version. It's the firefox people's fault for having the vulnerabilities, I think they're just trying to distract from their own failings.

    This is frankly a load of bollocks. If Netscape is going to harp about their commitment to security, then holding off release to include the fixes from Firefox 1.0.4 would have been the only right thing to do.

    Sure, the problems existed in Firefox itself, but Netscape has chosen to (a) base it's products on Firefox, and (b) tout security as a primary feature. Nobody has forced them to do it, least of all the Mozilla Foundation.

    What you're seeing Firefox devs say has nothing to do with a smokescreen. It's simply an observation that Netscape, the company who offers "more security choices" than anyone else chose to release a product with known critical vulnerabilities instead of waiting a single day to patch them. As they've demonstrated, it only did take them that long.
  6. Netscape's Original 8.0 Release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative · on Netscape Releases Security Update

    ZDNet Australia has a scathing report on problems with Netscape's original 8.0 release, which shipped with known critical security bugs. ZDNet notes that several key Mozilla devs have lashed out at Netscape, including Firefox lead developer Ben Goodger, who posted a live exploit of the known vulnerability. Gervase Markham, another Mozilla employee found Netscape's claim that Firefox 1.0.4 is "outdated" ridiculous. Ali Ebrahim, another contributor commented that Netscape's claim of "more security choices" is based on a false premise. To their credit, Netscape has since released Netscape 8.0.1, based on Firefox 1.0.4 which plugs the most severe known issues, though the question still remains as to why they released 8.0 in the first place if it contained such severe security issues.

  7. Netscape's Original 8.0 Release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative · on Netscape Releases Security Update

    ZDNet Australia has a scathing report on problems with Netscape's original 8.0 release, which shipped with known critical security bugs. ZDNet notes that several key Mozilla devs have lashed out at Netscape, including Firefox lead developer Ben Goodger, who posted a live exploit of the known vulnerability. Gervase Markham, another Mozilla employee found Netscape's claim that Firefox 1.0.4 is "outdated" ridiculous. Ali Ebrahim, another contributor commented that Netscape's claim of "more security choices" is based on a false premise. To their credit, Netscape has since released Netscape 8.0.1, based on Firefox 1.0.4 which plugs the most severe known issues, though the question still remains as to why they released 8.0 in the first place if it contained such severe security issues.

  8. More Links by aliebrah · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Firefox 1.0 Released

    I've posted some more interesting news and Mozilla developer blog links and a screenshot of the new Firefox Google search interface on my blog:

    inside aebrahim's head - firefox 1.0 is here!