Comments on: Hillary Clinton is asked for Firefox in the US Department of State http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/ Your source for Mozilla news, tips, reviews, and more. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:50:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: alexandrojv http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-75326 alexandrojv Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:10:39 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-75326 what are you talking about, Chrome is much safer that FF what are you talking about, Chrome is much safer that FF

]]> By: mj http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-75317 mj Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:32:09 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-75317 Chrome, corporate? So we get PCs hijacked everytime that Chrome has a remote execution exploit? Chrome, corporate? So we get PCs hijacked everytime that Chrome has a remote execution exploit?

]]> By: alexandrojv http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-74499 alexandrojv Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:48:51 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-74499 They should just use Google Chrome instead of Firefox, that way they will get things done way faster! They should just use Google Chrome instead of Firefox, that way they will get things done way faster!

]]> By: cj http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72208 cj Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:07:27 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72208 Probably harmless but this is another (barely known) company which produces the msi. They are probably safe, but they could contain a virus or spyware. On the other hand the configuration isn't easy either. IE can be fully managed using GPO in Active Directory, so the start page, cache settings, ... can be tweaked. Firefox can be tweaked through their configuration files, but this is harder to do for an entire network Probably harmless but this is another (barely known) company which produces the msi. They are probably safe, but they could contain a virus or spyware.
On the other hand the configuration isn’t easy either. IE can be fully managed using GPO in Active Directory, so the start page, cache settings, … can be tweaked. Firefox can be tweaked through their configuration files, but this is harder to do for an entire network

]]> By: cj http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72204 cj Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:02:29 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72204 msi have the advantage that every program can be installed with the same parameters: /qn is the silent install, ... msi have the advantage that every program can be installed with the same parameters: /qn is the silent install, …

]]> By: Glenn Xavier http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72177 Glenn Xavier Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:45:57 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72177 the DoD does NOT run FireFox. The Army or Navy MAY have organizations that run firefox, but the Air Force, does NOT. The Air Force standard desktop absolutely does not allow for mozilla software. Infact, mozilla.org, is BLOCKED for the Air Force on INOSC East. the DoD does NOT run FireFox. The Army or Navy MAY have organizations that run firefox, but the Air Force, does NOT. The Air Force standard desktop absolutely does not allow for mozilla software. Infact, mozilla.org, is BLOCKED for the Air Force on INOSC East.

]]> By: José http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72175 José Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:36:49 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72175 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231062#c126 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231062#c126

]]> By: Maus http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72174 Maus Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:52:49 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72174 Can someone explain why .msi ist important for "corporate deployments" and the .exe installer is not enough? Thank you. Can someone explain why .msi ist important for “corporate deployments” and the .exe installer is not enough?

Thank you.

]]> By: Cristian Rodriguez http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72173 Cristian Rodriguez Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:13:07 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72173 US Department of State certainly have enough money to hire a developer to contribute the required MSI installer... US Department of State certainly have enough money to hire a developer to contribute the required MSI installer…

]]> By: a http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72149 a Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:07:09 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72149 Vote for it! https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/votes.cgi?action=show_user&bug_id=231062#vote_231062 Why they just can't reply the job done at http://www.frontmotion.com/Firefox/download_firefox.htm ? Vote for it!
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/votes.cgi?action=show_user&bug_id=231062#vote_231062

Why they just can’t reply the job done at
http://www.frontmotion.com/Firefox/download_firefox.htm
?

]]> By: Alex G http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72148 Alex G Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:30:05 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72148 No Firefox MSI? What's this? http://www.frontmotion.com/Firefox/ No Firefox MSI? What’s this? http://www.frontmotion.com/Firefox/

]]> By: Ferdinand http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72130 Ferdinand Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:08:35 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72130 Nothing is ever deleted from bugzilla. It is bug 231062 Nothing is ever deleted from bugzilla. It is bug 231062

]]> By: Omega X http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72129 Omega X Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:30:56 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72129 I believe this was around 2005-06 when I read that, a basic bugzilla search can produce results if its still in the system. It was a while ago. Later Eric Kuo @ frontmotion.com in 2007 volunteered to do the work. But for a long time couldn't get in touch with anyone from Mozilla until Robert S. the maintainer of the NSIS stuff gave him a couple of pointers of which a comment that he wasn't doing MSI work "anytime soon". A patch was contributed and rejected. I guess after a while Eric found it better to continue to maintain his own stuff instead. He still does matter of fact. I never really asked why he stopped all of a sudden. I believe this was around 2005-06 when I read that, a basic bugzilla search can produce results if its still in the system. It was a while ago.

Later Eric Kuo @ frontmotion.com in 2007 volunteered to do the work. But for a long time couldn’t get in touch with anyone from Mozilla until Robert S. the maintainer of the NSIS stuff gave him a couple of pointers of which a comment that he wasn’t doing MSI work “anytime soon”. A patch was contributed and rejected. I guess after a while Eric found it better to continue to maintain his own stuff instead. He still does matter of fact. I never really asked why he stopped all of a sudden.

]]> By: Rob http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72125 Rob Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:32:13 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72125 DoD runs Firefox and were a world wide organization. We even run it in classified environments. Seems like our lock downs and patch management could easily be adopted by State DoD runs Firefox and were a world wide organization. We even run it in classified environments. Seems like our lock downs and patch management could easily be adopted by State

]]> By: Brian http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72124 Brian Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:05:15 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72124 Citation please. This sounds a lot like a rumor. Citation please. This sounds a lot like a rumor.

]]> By: Brian http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72123 Brian Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:03:51 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72123 It's an open source project. If you're so interested and it's so easy, why haven't _you_ stepped in to make it happen? It’s an open source project. If you’re so interested and it’s so easy, why haven’t _you_ stepped in to make it happen?

]]> By: Omega X http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72108 Omega X Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:49:18 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72108 Actually, there was a contributor willing to do MSI packaging, but it was rejected. The message was along the lines of "we do not want enterprise deployment at this time". The decision was to focus on the end user for now. Actually, there was a contributor willing to do MSI packaging, but it was rejected. The message was along the lines of “we do not want enterprise deployment at this time”. The decision was to focus on the end user for now.

]]> By: René L. http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/hilary-clinton-is-asked-for-firefox-in-the-us-department-of-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72106 René L. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:09:11 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=3584#comment-72106 I am hoping for several years now that Mozilla takes corporate deployments more seriously. There are still many discussions going on but it seems that nobody takes a lead and prioritizes it: http://osdir.com/ml/dev-apps-firefox/2009-06/msg00088.html I can't find any occurrences of "business", "enterprise", "corporate", "deployment" or "MSI" in https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Namoroka After all, what is so hard about that? Opera has MSI installers for a long time now. And what about school / LTSP deployments? http://laserjock.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/why-we-need-edubuntu-to-succeed/ There should be https://edge.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts for Mozilla, too, I am sure that MSI would be a highly suggested feature. I am hoping for several years now that Mozilla takes corporate deployments more seriously.

There are still many discussions going on but it seems that nobody takes a lead and prioritizes it:
http://osdir.com/ml/dev-apps-firefox/2009-06/msg00088.html

I can’t find any occurrences of “business”, “enterprise”, “corporate”, “deployment” or “MSI” in
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Namoroka

After all, what is so hard about that?
Opera has MSI installers for a long time now.

And what about school / LTSP deployments?
http://laserjock.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/why-we-need-edubuntu-to-succeed/

There should be
https://edge.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts
for Mozilla, too, I am sure that MSI would be a highly suggested feature.

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