Microsoft Exploits Firefox 4 Uproar, Beats IE Drum

CWmike writes "A Microsoft executive late Thursday used the furor over Mozilla's decision to curtail support for Firefox 4 to plead the case for Internet Explorer in the enterprise. 'I think I speak for everyone on the IE team when I say we'd like the opportunity to win back your business,' Ari Bixhorn, director of IE at Microsoft, said in a post on his personal blog. 'We've got a great solution for corporate customers with both IE8 and IE9, and believe we could help you address the challenges you're currently facing.' Bixhorn addressed his open letter to the manager of workplace and mobility in the office of IBM's CIO, John Walicki, who, along with others, had voiced their displeasure with Mozilla's decision to retire Firefox 4 from security support. In a comment appended to a blog maintained by Michael Kaply, a consultant who specializes in customizing Firefox, Walicki called Mozilla's decision to end security support for Firefox 4 a 'kick in the stomach.'"

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You had me at...

[Jawnn]

"We've got a great solution for corporate customers with both IE8 and IE9, and..."

...not.
That's where I broke into uncontrollable laughter. I mean come on, guys. Seriously? You expect anyone who actually works in corporate IT to buy this?

Re:Sure!

[citylivin]

Because you cant centrally manage or update firefox. Unlike chrome, which has MSI's available and GPO's for administration. Firefox has none of these things. They have been requested for years but mozilla seems to not care one bit about firefox in the enterprise.

That is why we rolled out chrome this year to replace IE. MUCH easier than hand configuring, or coming up with some hack-solution to get firefox onto every machine in an easy to update, easy to centrally manage/configure way.

As to the articles point, does IE support adblock? noscript? Then why would any modern person use it?