Microsoft Urges Users to Change Browser - http://pixelatedgeek.com/2008/...
After a recent serious vulnerability was discovered in Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft have been urging users to change browser. Some publications have stated that Microsoft recommended Mozilla Firefox and have been quoted as recommending it over their own Internet Explorer web browser.
Mozilla
Mozilla was the official, public, original name of Mozilla Application Suite by the Mozilla Foundation, currently known as SeaMonkey suite. In informal use it has been used in a number of ways and in combination with other phrases, though all of them have been related to the now-defunct Netscape Communications Corporation and its related application software.
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is Mozilla's flag ship product. Firefox is a web browser which focuses on security and usability.
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer in Microsoft's web browser. Internet Explorer is shipped with all installations of Microsoft Windows since Windows 95. It is notably insecure and should not be trusted for normal web browser. Alternative browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox are highly recommend over Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation, or often just MS, is an American multinational computer technology corporation with 79,000 employees in 102 countries and global annual revenue of US $51.12 billion as of 2007. It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its best selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. These products have prominent positions in the desktop computer market, with market share estimates as high as 90% or more as of 2003 for Microsoft Office and 2006 for Microsoft Windows. One of Bill Gates' key visions is "to get a workstation running our software onto every desk and eventually in every home".
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