Jennifer LeClaire at CRM daily, just like many others on the net in different languages, recalls warnings issued in Germany and France regarding Internet Explorer security problem (full article at http://www.crm-daily.com/story.xhtml?story_id=71124).

Jennifer is quite right in everything, including the doubt that some political manouvres are taking place in Europe against Microsoft.

I’m quite curious about the number of customers actually affected by this IE weakness. Maybe will be a ridicuolus amount.

What makes me think is that everybody is talking on this issue and most of the non techie people believe is a real problem.

I’m european and I’m not for or against Microsoft (nor Google, and just to be clear, I’m not involved with both of them), but I think that in the supposed name of “freedom of choice” and freedom of speech great confusion is being put in the users arena and no advantage is given to end users.

I think it’s a quite tricky situation: everybody goes for free things but wants the same advantages of the paid ones.

At the same time, everyone approaches Microsoft as the main problem in the world just because is perceived as monopolistic, while not considering that Google has a bigger monopoly and strength than Microsoft.

And at the same time users can choose the browser they like at least in Europe (but what prevented same users to switch let’s say to Chrome or Firefox?). But are they aware of the choice they’re are taking or are just pressing some icons in the name of freedom, without knowing how to manage, for instance, support when they have problems?

At the end, I think that there are some more serious problems than choosing a browser or exploiting a weakness in a browser.

And at same time, everyone that has the knowledge of the real weight of the problem has the due to explain it.

Otherwise I think we are playing the game of those who are playing dirty, trying to make us believe that exist problems where there are not.