Slashdot linked up yet another major outlet recommending dumping IE for Firefox. At work we've been a Netscape shop from nearly day one, and have therefore avoided essentially all the various viruses that have wracked the internet over the years. No, really, out of the hundreds of attacks that shut down entire networks, we've only had to deal with one virus, in nearly ten years.

Unfortunately, now that we're beginning to hire younger (i.e. cheaper), more savvy employees, IE is creeping in. Now suddenly I'm getting all sorts of calls about "weird" behavior that turns out to be spyware that the not-savvy-enough users browsing porn and shopping "mysteriously" ended up with. Next massive upgrade comes around, I'm getting rid of that damned blue "E".

Except the $300,000 website the previous administration saddled us with (right before they departed, after dropping our cash reserves from 2 million to 20,000) requires IE. Gah. Never ends.

Don't worry mom, I'll install the "new hotness" when we visit.