Mozilla Gains on Internet Explorer

Alizarin Erythrosin writes "PCWorld is reporting that Internet Explorer's share of the browser market has dropped 1%, the 'first noticeable decline since WebSideStory began tracking the browser market in late 1999.' With all the exploits and security holes in IE recently, it's no wonder! Google News has related stories, including many on the recently disclosed (and patched!) bug in Mozilla on Win2k/XP machines (documented on Slashdot on Thursday)"

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Buford T Justice n family

[darth_silliarse]

Hey pah, Indernit Explurur is full of damn holes so this here sate sez so I've installed that damn Godzilla on my macheen.

Son, you know communists write that open surce sheeat n besides those neked popups are purdy.

1% loss is Ross Perot's gain

[Anonymous Coward]

Hmm... Didn't Ross Perot 'gain' 1% of the votes lost by the other Presidential candidates when he ran? Howard Dean too, no?

Mozilla = no where close to what Internet Explorer is.

Mozilla needs to find a way to beat or incorporate microsoft.net into it's architecture.

Mozilla *will* eventually succumb and be distributed commercially - watch.

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[Anonymous Coward]

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Articles Discussing/Reviewing the Mozilla Firefox Web Browser

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114843 ,0 0.asp

http://www.g4techtv.com/feature.aspx?article_key =4 6220

http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/html/47/1695.html

THIS IS A VICTORY FOR THE OPEN SOURCE REVOLUTION!!

[Anonymous Coward]

I am going to update the giant Internet Exploder vs Nutscrape Navigator vs Mozilla piechart of percentages hanging in my room (which is also my work place) RIGHT THE FUCK NOW!

And then I'll whack off in celebration and post to Slashdot.

I really HATE HATE HATE the L$nux

[Anonymous Coward]

I really HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE the L$nux.

I hate it because I hate it and I really do hate it and it's good to hate it so hate it is what I do.

It's bad, really bad and so bad that I hate it and hating it makes me think it's even more bad because it's just so bad.

I hate it.

I heard if they use ball bearing wheels on the mozilla box it'd gain ground even faster.

I feel justified in my hate because those big bad evil L$nux people came into town one day and stole my baby.

They did it all, they caused famine and death and chaos.