[dheretic]

In all probability, releasing IE sources would cement its lead just that much more.

If it isn't released under a license similar to the GPL, QPL or BSD license it's irrelevent. It would simply make creating new hacks that much easier. The only thing that has saved Microsoft's ass is that IE's source isn't open. The Mozilla team doesn't have that luxury. They have to be a bit more conscious of the potential problems with releasing bad code.

[Bush2000]

The Mozilla team doesn't have that luxury. They have to be a bit more conscious of the potential problems with releasing bad code.

Welcome to Fantasyland. Open source hasn't prevented bad code from being released. Mozilla is a buggy piece of crap, just like most other software.

Aug 6 2002	Mozilla Web Browser Input Validation Flaw in FTP View Feature May Let Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Jul 30 2002	Mozilla Web Browser JavaScript 'Same Origin Policy' Flaw Allows Remote Users to Create Malicious JavaScript to Retrieve Web Data from a Victim's Internal Network
Jul 25 2002	Mozilla Web Browser Allows Javascript Code to Read and Modify Cookies from Other Domains
Jun 18 2002	Mozilla Mail Download Can Be Crashed By Remote Users Sending Malicious E-mail via POP3
Jun 11 2002	Mozilla Web Browser Bug in Processing Stylesheets May Let Remote Users Crash the Browser
May 29 2002	(Conectiva Issues Fix) Mozilla Browser XMLHTTP Redirect Bug Lets Remote Users View Files on a User's Computer
May 16 2002	(Red Hat Issues Fix) Mozilla Browser XMLHTTP Redirect Bug Lets Remote Users View Files on a User's Computer
May 4 2002	(Vendor Issues Fix) Re: Mozilla Browser XMLHTTP Redirect Bug Lets Remote Users View Files on a User's Computer
Apr 30 2002	Mozilla Browser XMLHTTP Redirect Bug Lets Remote Users View Files on a User's Computer
Jan 22 2002	Mozilla Web Browser Cookie Processing Bug May Let Remote Web Sites Steal a User's Cookies for Any Domain
Dec 22 2001	Mozilla Web Browser Can Be Crashed By Malicious Image Source Tag Javascript Supplied By Remote Users
Oct 20 2001	Mozilla Browser Will Return HTTP Cookies to an FTP Server at the Same Domain as the HTTP Server, Which Could Be a Different Domain if the HTTP Server is Hosting Virtual Domains