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It's not a question of timing for FireFox but that the various software vendors and middlemen in the music, movie, etc. business have drawn a line in the sand regarding P2P. Even Microsoft has been colluding with the vulture vestiges of days gone past.

I don't use IE and I definitely find that the IE7 (which already needs a patch) is the actual late dinner guest not the others such as FireFox or Opera, etc.

I don't TRUST Microsoft anymore (not since 3.11 Windows and that was a concession) let alone any version of IE which is so tightly integrated to the OS that any P2P no doubt would work nicely but who knows how Microsoft (or it's third party vendors) have co-opted it.

No Thank You. I'm happy with the NIX flavors and very happy with FireFox et al. I like the fact that I can pick and choose which plug ins to use and that FireFox doesn't require a reboot every time a little patch or fix or updated extension/plug in is downloaded. I like my tabbed browsing tremendously and I like FireFox's total stability. I truly appreciate how Mozilla and the like keep evolving their offerings and not stopping development just because it doesn't fit the business model. Unlike Microsft's products - IE has not been updated for quite a number of years now, constantly patching and fixing and turning off ActiveX et al. IE 7 is only now coming out as Microsoft's response to competitive pressures - it wasn't slated to come out until Longhorn and even then it was only going to be a total upgrade.

There is no doubt that Microsoft is no longer King of the Hill no matter how hard they try to emulate the tremendous productivity, cost savings and fun that we the people have been given by others such as Mozilla, ODF, etc.
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NO to Google buying Firefox!  Stez | 01/03/06
The company making the plug-in is NOT Firefox in is AllPeers.  DonnieBoy | 01/03/06
Or launch it into  John Zern | 01/03/06
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A huge attraction with Firefox ...  George Mitchell | 01/02/06
Excellent!  mustangj36@... | 01/02/06
Wow!  rafe01 | 01/02/06
It doesn't have to be groundbreaking  dv8or70@... | 01/03/06
You can not stop people from sharing files because some files might be  DonnieBoy | 01/02/06
Prejudice?  mobrien_12@... | 01/02/06
Simply amazing  theo_durcan | 01/02/06
I have a bridge I want to sell you...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/02/06
I'll buy it  Jeff Spicoli | 01/02/06
hehehe ... you "bought" a bridge already, didn't you?  michael_t | 01/03/06
Opera browser already has this  DigitalRaven | 01/02/06
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Selling FIrefox's soul for market share  ejhonda | 01/02/06
Yes, but corporations do NOT have to install this. With MS, you have no  DonnieBoy | 01/02/06
And another thing, this is NOT something Mozilla did, this was done by an  DonnieBoy | 01/02/06
NEW  Mikkal | 01/03/06
Security, sure it's a problem  dv8or70@... | 01/03/06
Man, Windows is easily hacked, but you can not un-install any part of it  DonnieBoy | 01/03/06
Question is WHY ?  jackie40d@... | 01/03/06
Answer is WHY NOT?  Henry Miller | 01/03/06
Why, indeed?  johnay | 01/03/06
Well, for the average user, the browser is the internet, so to share files  DonnieBoy | 01/03/06
re: "for the average user, the browser is the internet..."  johnay | 01/05/06
Bloggers drool over new Firefox tool  Loverock Davidson | 01/03/06
Man, Microsoft claim their stuff is great YEARS before it is released.  DonnieBoy | 01/03/06
But Microsoft is not the issue here  Loverock Davidson | 01/03/06
All those great features in Office 12  I am Gorby | 01/03/06
Microsoft (Longhorn) has been the issure for about 5 years!!  DonnieBoy | 01/03/06
Like WinFS?  jasonp@... | 01/03/06
Very skeptical  Stez | 01/03/06
Firefox constantly improving at $$ zero; IE cannot get patched....  michael_t | 01/03/06
HA!! Let's See RIAA/MPAA Kill This One!!!  itanalyst | 01/03/06
Whats the advantage over uTorrent, BitComet, Azureus, etc...?!?  xunil skcor | 01/03/06
The obvious advantage  IT Scion | 01/03/06
For the non-technical users, the advantage is that is just part  DonnieBoy | 01/03/06
This is why Google will have to buy a browser or build its own.  NWLB | 01/03/06
No, Google will not try to control the browser.  DonnieBoy | 01/03/06
No difference.  NWLB | 01/05/06
P2P  micker377@... | 01/03/06
4 points to keep in mind.  donkey_butter | 01/04/06
FireFox is too late, Windows P2P Extension Pack is coming...  sandosan@... | 01/05/06
So . . .  Meesha | 02/05/06

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