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I understand this completely. But moves like this is why you see Internet Explorer 6 still in the wild. Because C-levels can be confident that Microsoft will co
by apalmer 13y ago
I understand this completely. But moves like this is why you see Internet Explorer 6 still in the wild. Because C-levels can be confident that Microsoft will continue to provide baseline support, security patches, and forever. My boss didn't even get annoyed, he just said 'too funny' and reminded me of when he was telling me to just build on IE7 baseline.
6 Months in the Enterprise world is a barely time enough to sneeze... Anyways I am fine, its a lesson learned.
- omh 13y agoMicrosoft will continue to provide baseline support, security patches, and forever Actually they're going to stop providing IE6/7 support and patches in a little under a year.
- freehunter 13y agoIE6 was released 11 years ago, which is beyond forever for a browser version to be supported. No other vendor that I'm aware of provides support for browsers from that era.
- yuhong 13y agoIE on Windows XP actually. IE follows the support lifecycle of the Windows version it is installed on since IE6 SP1, and IE 5.01 on Win2000 follows the support lifecycle of Win2000 too.
- greghinch 13y agoThe sad problem is, if you want to build a product for large corporates, a lot of folks are still stuck on old XP workstations with the default software installed (IE7 if you're lucky), and likely will be well beyond the MS support window. This is just part of doing business in that sector, but I think we can all agree that having to build for IE6/7 compatibility stifles a lot of innovation.
- scott_s 13y agoWill Microsoft continue providing baseline support for IE6 indefinitely? I doubt it. The top Google hit for "ie6" is http://www.ie6countdown.com http://www.ie6countdown.com, which is Microsoft's own site for tracking and celebrating the death of IE6. I imagine that once those numbers get low enough around the world, they'll stop supporting it.
- coldtea 13y ago>Will Microsoft continue providing baseline support for IE6 indefinitely? I doubt it. Doesn't matter, they already have supported it for centuries in tech years.
- xkcdfanboy 13y agoGoogle = Boys Microsoft = Men Of course boys have grander creativity but men realize evident truths easier.
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