Are Microsoft Or Mozilla Worried Over Safari?

When Apple’s Safari browser was released on Monday, I am not sure if anyone knew how to react. Safari is not known as being a killer browser, so what effect could it possibly have on our lives? Well, as we immediately found out, it wouldn’t mean much, especially with the many problems that came about right away.

But how did Microsoft and Mozilla feel about things? Mozilla’s Mike Schroepfer courteously welcomed them to the arena on the Windows side, but recommended they follow web standards. Microsoft’s Kevin Kutz was actually defensive, but lost all credibility when he stated that Internet Explorer 7 was the best browser available.

Because Safari has such a small share of the browser market, it comes as no surprise that Microsoft would be mum on the announcement. Internet Explorer still has the largest browser market share by a long shot, and Safari doesn’t hold nearly the same level of threat to IE as Firefox does.

Source: Ars Technica