Mozilla Firefox works first and talks later. IE does the opposite
The blame game between the executives of the Firefox Corporation and the executives of the Microsoft Corporation over the Windows zero day vulnerability has picked up speed.
However, there is a huge gap in the credibility of the arguments of the executives of the Firefox Corporation and the arguments of the executives of the Microsoft Corporation. The Firefox Corporation is criticizing the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browsing software application and is defending the Firefox web browser after it has released a security patch for the flaw.
That is to say, when the flaw was first known, the end users of the Firefox web browsing software application wanted a fix and that is what the developers worked on. The developers of the Firefox web browsing software application assigned top priority to the security flaw and did all that was necessary to patch the security flaw within a short period of time.
In all, it took seven days for the developers of the Firefox web browsing software application to patch the zero day security flaw the Firefox web browser. Today, the end user of the Firefox web browsing software application is not at all affected by the security flaw that once threatened to affect the popularity of the Firefox web browser.
Today, even if end user of the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browsing software applications clicks on a malicious link, the end user of the Firefox web browsing software application will not be affected because the developers have modified and rectified the Firefox web browsing software application.
All this was done within a span of seven days. A week after the security flaw first emerged, the end users became completely free of the security threat. No other web browsing software application acts on the security problems of the end users at such speed.
Considering the fact that the Firefox web browsing software application is a free web browser and the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browsing software application is a paid for web browsing software application, it is ironic that the free web browser is showing a lot more concern and understanding towards the end users as compared to the paid for web browsing software application.
Normally, individuals believe that they have a right demand service when they pay for the same. In this case, the service provider who does not accept payment for the services is extremely conscious about the requirements of the end users while the service provider who demands money for providing services is least bothered about the quality of service that he or she is providing.
Now, the executives of the Firefox Corporation are blaming the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browsing software application and their argument seems a lot more credible because they have worked first and talked later. The end users will tilt towards the Firefox web browsing software application because the Firefox web browser has corrected the flaw before apportioning the blame.
On the other hand, the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browsing software application has indulged in the blame game from the very beginning. From the very beginning, the developers of the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browsing software application where busy indicating that their web browser ought not to be blamed for this flaw.
The fact that the end users are suffering and that the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browsing software application was partly causing the problems faced by the end users was not given a thought.
In my opinion, this approach of the developers of the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browsing software application will, sooner or later, be rejected by the end users of the web browsing software application and the same will be summarily dismissed.
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