Comments on: Netscape patches 1-day-old browser

Hours after releasing Netscape 8, company sends out a new version to fix several underlying flaws.

[System Tyrant]

Keep it up Mozilla

"Netscape, a division of Time Warner's America Online subsidiary, is facing heat over the security goof-up from Mozilla developers. Ben Goodger, lead engineer for Firefox, on Thursday posted an exploit on his blog to demonstrate that Netscape 8 is vulnerable. At the same time, he pitched Firefox as a more secure Web browser."

I use and really like Firefox, but if this is any indication of how Mozilla developers are going to act when they get competiton then I may just move on. And then to post an exploit to a problem that exist in another form of it's browser is just bad form. That man should be ashamed of himself.

I don't care how secure Firefox is or isn't, but if you have to post exploits to show how great you are then you have no greatness at all. And think of how many people are probably still on ver 1.0.3 of Firefox. Good Job Jerk.

[JuggerNaut]

Netscape not playing nice!

Though I don't see Netscape and Firefox rivaling, it is quite
disheartening to see Netscape not releasing a Mac and/or Linux
version of NS 8. Of course most people are stuck on the IE hooks
being the case, which is not the case since Netscape could release
NS 8 for Mac and Linux without the IE integration.

It's not good PR for Netscape to be deserting some of its (non-
Windows) user base.

[nrlz]

because security bug details are hidden

[i]"If security is important to you, this demonstration should show that browsers that are redistributions of the official Mozilla releases are never going to give you security updates as quickly as Mozilla will itself for its supported products," Goodger wrote.[/i]

If you've ever used Bugzilla (the bug reporting system of Firefox and Mozilla), you'll know that when *security* bugs are reported, they are hidden from public view (marked with a security flag) until they are fixed. You can't blame a derivative product from being unable to fix the security bugs if the details are hidden from them! Here, Ben Goodger's comparison on security is a red herring, since he uses his exclusive control over the access of information as a reason to criticize his competitors.

[System Tyrant]

Keep it up Mozilla

"Netscape, a division of Time Warner's America Online subsidiary, is facing heat over the security goof-up from Mozilla developers. Ben Goodger, lead engineer for Firefox, on Thursday posted an exploit on his blog to demonstrate that Netscape 8 is vulnerable. At the same time, he pitched Firefox as a more secure Web browser."

I use and really like Firefox, but if this is any indication of how Mozilla developers are going to act when they get competiton then I may just move on. And then to post an exploit to a problem that exist in another form of it's browser is just bad form. That man should be ashamed of himself.

I don't care how secure Firefox is or isn't, but if you have to post exploits to show how great you are then you have no greatness at all. And think of how many people are probably still on ver 1.0.3 of Firefox. Good Job Jerk.

[JuggerNaut]

Netscape not playing nice!

Though I don't see Netscape and Firefox rivaling, it is quite
disheartening to see Netscape not releasing a Mac and/or Linux
version of NS 8. Of course most people are stuck on the IE hooks
being the case, which is not the case since Netscape could release
NS 8 for Mac and Linux without the IE integration.

It's not good PR for Netscape to be deserting some of its (non-
Windows) user base.

[nrlz]

because security bug details are hidden

[i]"If security is important to you, this demonstration should show that browsers that are redistributions of the official Mozilla releases are never going to give you security updates as quickly as Mozilla will itself for its supported products," Goodger wrote.[/i]

If you've ever used Bugzilla (the bug reporting system of Firefox and Mozilla), you'll know that when *security* bugs are reported, they are hidden from public view (marked with a security flag) until they are fixed. You can't blame a derivative product from being unable to fix the security bugs if the details are hidden from them! Here, Ben Goodger's comparison on security is a red herring, since he uses his exclusive control over the access of information as a reason to criticize his competitors.

Gosh, can you believe it?

Wow, I guess developing secure software just isn't as easy as everyone thought, huh?

And this is when Netscape has a vanishingly small market share. Imagine the potential mess should they ever garner any actual market share.

Gosh, can you believe it?

Wow, I guess developing secure software just isn't as easy as everyone thought, huh?

And this is when Netscape has a vanishingly small market share. Imagine the potential mess should they ever garner any actual market share.

[montgomeryburns]

Fire Molly Wood

Fire Molly Wood.

[montgomeryburns]

Fire Molly Wood

Fire Molly Wood.