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Mozilla - open in more ways than one.
Mozilla has been in the news for many reasons recently.
Firstly they lanched the latest release of their browser, firefox. Next, that same
browser broke records for the number of downloads. Now however, the opensource framework
under which mozilla works appears to be spreading throughout the entire organisation.
You would expect that one area to remain closed about is security but no, Mozilla who has
for some years now battled with Microsoft over the security of Mozilla versus that of
internet explorer is now taking an open source approach to security.

Mozilla are tracking data such as vulnerabilities,
discovery times, disclosure dates, resolution turnaround periods and a host of other
security related data. This you might expect. What may surprise you is that they intend
to release that data (to the point of making it downloadable in spreadsheet format) so
outside experts can provide opinions. This level of availability of data for distribution
and name for critique surely shows a bullishness which is unusual even for an opensource
company of this size.

This confidence may be seen as a trick since Mozilla as an opensource company will be
 aware that weathering the storm of critique is normally easier for open source business
as those prone to pen opinions often generally in favour of opensource. Mozilla however
are no flash in the pan with a history of survival in a compeditive market with alledged
anti-compeditive players and a recent download record breaker.