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Is this because it is tied to Window Explorer (the Windows file system)? Or is it because the developers are dense.
by wkdown 14y ago
Is this because it is tied to Window Explorer (the Windows file system)? Or is it because the developers are dense.
- droz 14y agoThings like product release schedules are rarely in the hands of developers. More likely, a product manager and company dictate when new versions will get pushed out.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoInternet Explorer usually relies on new OS features which have to be backported. Also, Microsoft never releases IE for versions of Windows that have gone out of support (Windows XP and Vista), because they don't want to have to do the extra work to do so, and because their policy on out-of-support is exactly that: mo new updates.
- yuhong 14y agoOut of mainstream support. See http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/ http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoYes. Extended support means no updates aside from security.