US State Dept. workers beg Clinton for Firefox
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/13/firefox_and_us_state_department/
US State Department workers have begged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to let them use Firefox."Can you please let the staff use an alternative web browser called Firefox?" worker bee Jim Finkle asked Clinton during Friday's State Department town hall meeting.
"I just moved to the State Department from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and was surprised that State doesn’t use this browser. It was approved for the entire intelligence community, so I don’t understand why State can’t use it. It’s a much safer program."
Presumably, the State Department is using Microsoft's Internet Explorer. And we wouldn't be surprised if it's still mired in the eight-year-old IE6. The only thing that moves slower than Orange is a US government agency. But the State Department has yet to respond to our questions about its Firefox-less browsing mandate.
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MirrorLake
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This is the best unintentional testimony I've ever heard for a product. Firefox is fantastic.
- 8 months ago
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MirrorLake
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chastali
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What a bunch of Morons!, all of the hardware is already made in China, but of course malicious firmware is out of the scope of possibility! Right?
What part of open source(look at it yourself dummy) don't they understand? - 8 months ago
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chastali
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occhipij
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news flash chastali....the department of defense was still using IE6, up until 6 months ago. Now they use IE7. The federal government doesn't like open source solutions because:
A. They like proper accountability...(they LOVE Microsoft, Oracle, and SUN)...
B. They like dealing with vendors
C. "Oh know...some of the code in that open source product could be from... ::gasp:: China!" - 8 months ago
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occhipij
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chastali
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OMG! The fact that the State dept is still using IE is one of the scariest things ever, I suppose they are all surfing as admins with blank passwords too!
So much for security! Obama please send in the Tech zcar!
What would Kevin think?! - 8 months ago
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chastali
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grabnar
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WTF, Firefox is the fastest and safest web browser, why wont the state department let their workers use it? It makes no sense...
- 8 months ago
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grabnar
