After too many patches to IE 6.0 to remember. Why did MS wait so long to even start to mention IE 7.0? After all what do they have to gain with a browser anyway? In the early days when Netscape was serious competition to the browser wars MS was all over them with new toys and a browser that laced to their OS. Perhaps that was a mistake?

With their press for security of the OS and touting how hard they are working on making Vista the last word in security. I have to ask what about all the customers you are leaving exposed now?

MS has known for sometime the weaknesses in IE 6.0 then why not race to replace it with IE 7.0. You have spent years now patching it. I have to ask, with the fact that FireFox is a browser that is better in so many ways the biggest being security, why have you waited?

With Vista it appears they are taking the position, that we will not deliver anything until we are certain it is secure. You better not be wrong! Making a statement like this, sets yourself up for the hard questions later. The truth is that no system is perfect though it likely will be better.

What happened to the day's when the company actually raced to get something done? Firefox came from no where to the ruling browser on the web in no time. They have proven that security can be done well and they do not even own the API's.