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Getting Your Company to Migrate from IE?

Posted by Cliff on from the stemming-the-exploit-flow dept.

RunningFerreT asks: "With all the recent warnings and recommendations on migrating from MSIE, I have come across a serious problem. The company for which I work doesn't want to, even after being informed of all the exploits and problems with Internet Explorer. Having the boss 'try out' Firefox isn't working: a single site looks bad, so IE must be better. Has anyone had success in convincing management types to switch from IE, to another more secure, standards compliant browser? If so, how did you get the job done?"

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  1. Re:Easy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Works for me at home with my sister

    OK, as a rule, when someone is asking a question about workplaces and bosses and corporate policies -- answers regarding "Here's what I did for my mom / my sister / my grandma..." tend not to be super helpful.

  2. Do you know anybody decent in Legal? by 0x69 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Find somebody decent in the Legal Dept. Quietly express concern that, expecially now that the U.S. Goverment has gone on record against using security-swiss-cheese IE, you might face professional liability - similar to an electrician who'd been pressured into doing something clearly dangerous that caused a fire.

    Played right, this approach probably has a better chance than any other of getting a no-appeal "IE is banned" rule from on high.

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