What MS is saying about FireFox.

[seth vidal]

On Fri, 2004-12-24 at 11:42 -0600, Cam Desautels wrote:
> Matthew Miller wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 11:21:30PM -0600, Cam Desautels wrote:
> > 
> >>>http://blogs.msdn.com/ptorr/archive/2004/12/20/327511.aspx
> >>
> >>This is disgusting and annoying.  The fact that he doesn't like that 
> >>firefox download is mirrored says nothing about the quality of the app.
> > 
> > 
> > Seems like a reasonable point, though -- I doubt many people who download
> > firefox from mirrors check to make sure the binary isn't trojaned. That
> > could bite us sometime, and then it'd pretty much be Microsoft lauging.
> 
> True, but the tools are there.  The checksums are available.  If it 
> bites someone in the ass, it is only their fault for being lazy and not 
> utilizing the available tools.
> 

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-sv