The blogosphere was abuzz with news of this move. Todd Bishop’s write-up was as good as analysis as anyone’s as to how such competition will play out between vendors.
“Microsoft, meanwhile, finds itself in an interesting spot here. On the one hand, Apple is acknowledging the significance of Windows by announcing — at its own developer conference — that it plans to make its browser available on the Microsoft operating system. On the other hand, this creates a new competitor for Internet Explorer.”
More important to enterprise executives is that Explorer and Firefox are both targets of malware — bots can load on a PC just because a vulnerable browser visits an infected site (no clicking or other interaction is required from the user). Browsers such as Opera and and Safari are less targeted for malicious javascript, simply because they aren’t used by the masses. So Safari on Windows could give enterprise execs the best of all worlds — a browser that is safer and supported by a major IT vendor.
