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Actually, it says quite a bit more including that users aren't willing to secure the browser because they are too busy or don't take the time to disable the scripting, that many web sites won't be accessible and not just the intranets, that the Service Patch 2 will close many of the holes, and so on. There is also that interesting comment in the talkback section about not caving in to virtual terrorism. And where is the W3C in this picture? So far, the Internet isn't any safer than most open systems given determined humans and switching browsers will not change that fact. If Opera had the hegemony, we'd be rooting for Moz. If Moz had it, we'd be rooting for TV. len "Most people here are just interested in doing their job," he said. "Unless someone is really inclined to have an additional layer of complication, they stick with IE." From: Elliotte Rusty Harold [mailto:elharo@m...] Along these lines, it's interesting to note an eWeek article that indicates many companies are willing to put up with the massive and increasing Internet Explorer security holes in order to maintain the custom applications they've written for the Intranet that only function in IE: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1620426,00.asp
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