Thanks for that link, which led to the following article that mentions how monocultures (like ubiqitous use of IE) expose an environment (like the web) to disease (i.e., security breaches, etc.): http://news.com.com/IE+flaw+may+boost+rival+browsers/2100-7355_3-5250697.html?tag=nl Helge Karlsen wrote: > Developers at the open-source Mozilla Foundation have confirmed that > the latest version of their Web browsers have a security flaw that > could allows attackers to run existing programs on the Windows XP > operating system. > > http://news.com.com/Security+hole+found+in+Mozilla+browser/2100-1002_3- > 5262676.html?tag=nefd.top > > > > Helge Karlsen Heather Quinn