Haren writes:
There was a flaw in IE, although it has been fixed ...
Since it has been fixed, where's the problem?
How can trust IE, it there is some very serious
flaws like this one?
There are very serious flaws in just about all software; I have not
encountered any exceptions outside the very tiny world of rigorously
verified software, such as that traditionally used by NASA (not anymore),
and even that could still contain a bug.
Most commercial software today is riddled with bugs, because people won't
buy software that is bug-free, but they will buy software that is
feature-rich. So that's what vendors provide.
Also, have heard about Microsoft's Anti-Trust.
Antitrust refers to prevention of abuse of monopolistic dominance of a
market; it has nothing to do with trust in the sense of, say, PKI. Overall,
Microsoft is much more trustworthy than average in this latter domain,
because it has to be--many eyes are watching, and any loss of reputation
could be catastrophic.