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Open source is the key to solving the problem. Without peer review of IE code, Microsoft will just keep doing what they always do, deny, stall and then admit there is a problem. Then they will "fix" the problem and open another can of worms.

Firefox does not share this problem as it is not "married" to the operating system. Peer review of the open source code remedies security fixes and product enhancement faster and more efficiently.

"Open source is the key to solving the problem. Without peer review of IE code, Microsoft will just keep doing what they always do, deny, stall and then admit there is a problem"

I agree that Microsoft needs to be kept on it's toes, and the open source movement is doing an excellent job of it.

Let's face it, Microsoft hasn't really made any major upgrade to IE for years.

Firefox is going to force Microsoft out of it's complacency, which can only be good for consumers.

I am happy about that. Competition is great.

The thing that has always been getting me about this is, there are just to many "Microsoft is the Great Satan" nuts out there, which naturally brings a reaction from our side.

Has Microsoft done some "bad" things to its competitotrs before? YES
But then you could say that about almost every single corporation on the planet.
Just look at all the corporate malfeasance the New York Attorney General is uncovering against all kinds of firms right now.

Are some Microsoft products not as good as they could be? Again, YES.

But hey, even Toyota has been forced to recall thousands of vehicles more than a few times.

Recently Merck was forced to pull some drug from the market etc etc.

To err is human.
I think that the rhetoric of the open source side needs to get far less personal and just deal with the issues.