Apple has just released the latest version of its popular Internet browser, Safari 3.1. Surprisingly or not, a tough rival company seems to have had something to complain about; however, it is not Apple’s Safari 3.1 Internet browser that made Mozilla’s CEO John Lilly to make public the following statement: "What Apple is doing now with their Apple Software Update on Windows is wrong." Obviously, John Lilly wrote this in his blog post on Friday related to Apple’s decision to make Safari 3.1 available for Mac OS X and for Windows both through its Software Update control panel and as a download from its web site. “It undermines the trust relationship great companies have with their customers, and that's bad – not just for Apple, but for the security of the whole Web,” Mozilla’s CEO also added in his blog post.

Practically, Mozilla objects to the fact that Apple has changed the purpose of a channel that was previously used for patching the company’s software; now, the Software Update control panel is used for distributing new software, and not only for patching programs.

Although Mozilla’s Firefox is still on the second place in the Internet browser competition, Apple’s move might still pose a risk for Firefox.

According to a Net Applications’ market research for the first quarter of 2008, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer held no less than 75.1% of the Internet browser market share, followed by Mozilla’s Firefox with 17.3%. Apple’s Safari came only on the third place, with 5.8%.