[LINK] RFI: Firefox 3.5/3.6

[Richard Chirgwin]

Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Roger Clarke <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au> wrote:
>   
>> Roger Clarke wrote on Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:27:22 +1100
>>     
>>> Call be paranoid by all means, but is anyone aware of an analysis of
>>> Firefox 3.5/3.6 from the viewpoint of consumer rights and privacy? ...
>>>       
>
> You seem to have an axe to grind against Mozilla.... ¿Is IE 8 any
> better? Do you really know what goes on under the hood in your
> proprietary OS, namely Windows 7?. Or XP for that matter?.
>
> Do you know what BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) does
> while your computer is idling?.
>
> Do you advise people not to use Windows? or are you just complaining
> against Mozilla and Google?
>   
Umm, since when does criticising product A impose a duty to equally 
criticise product B?

My own concerns about Firefox / Mozilla / Google are this: as a 
non-Windows user, I somewhat default to FF. If it then starts cutting 
below-the-hood deals with Google, then it is a matter of criticism. And 
I don't feel the need to widen the analysis to Microsoft, because I'm 
not exposed to whatever it does.

RC

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