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Mozilla aborted IE in Firefox clothing

Google we're not At one point, Mozilla considered building a plug-in that would turn Microsoft's Internet Explorer into a decent browser. But unlike Google, it quickly abandoned the idea.…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work ...full story at the register (uk)

from the register (uk) on Sat, Nov 07 2009

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