How Can I Trust Firefox?

TheRealSlimShady writes "Peter Torr (who?) from Microsoft invites a certain flamewar with his essay 'How can I trust Firefox?' He raises some interesting security related points about the download and installation of Firefox, some of which should probably be addressed. The focus is on code signing, which Microsoft is hot on. Of course, the obvious question is 'Do I trust Firefox less than IE?'"

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The 10 immutable laws of coporations

[nysus]

10. If a large coporation can fuck you out of a penny, they will.

9. Corporations will break anti-trust laws if they can make more money than adhering to their letter and spirit.

8. Corporations are prone to the blind following of rantings and ravings of men who have an immature needs to feel important.

7. #8 is only true because a) real people with real-sized egos have to feed their wives and children OR b) the employee is also an asshole with an overwhelming need to feel important.

6. Corporations just don't give a fuck about anything but making money.

5. Corporations will shift the blame onto consumers they create if they think the can get away with it. See Microsoft's 10 Immutable Laws of Security: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/community /columns/security/essays/10imlaws.mspx

4. In the coporate world, there is no truth, just good PR and bad PR. If good PR and the truth coincide, it's by coincidence only.

3. The people who rise to the top in corporations are those who are best at and enjoy playing mind fuck games with those they perceive as mentally inferior. This includes making people feel appreciated when the reality is they are actually kind of despised for being so dumb as to actually feel appreciated.

2. Corporations (and the men with small penises that run them) have created the cynical environment that cause people to despise them so much.

1. Corporations are not a panacea. By themselves, they cannot change the world and can quite literally destroy it if there is no oversight of these powerful entities.