First no IE for Mac now no IE for Windows

[suselinux]

zdnet article

 

quote:Earlier this month, Microsoft admitted it would not release any new versions of IE as a standalone browser. Instead, the software giant said that the next version of IE will be an integrated part of the Windows operating system.  

 

quote:IE's virtual monopoly and status as the de-facto browser standard is about to come to an end.

 

quote: Microsoft would stop making IE available as a separate download  

[xyle_one]

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I like the sound of this no IE at all anymore. Microsoft is just slitting their own throat this time. They want to imbed IE further into the OS, and no more standalone download. Wow. I do not see this being something people are going to like., let alone tolerate.

[ July 01, 2003: Message edited by: ecsyle:951 ]

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[Stryker]

quote:Originally posted by ecsyle:951:
Moderators!!!!  M..O.....D........E.....r....a...tors!.
ahh. we uh, have a troll.

Taking care of it as much as i can.

[Stryker]

How could you feel safe doing internet banking with IE?

 

quote:Originally posted by: The past, and present:

A new security vulnerablity was found in Internet Explorer, you can download a patch at microsoft.com

 

quote:Originally posted by: The future:

A new security vulnerablity was found in Internet Explorer, you can download a patch at miicrosoft.com, unless you are using IE6 or older, we no longer support you. Give us $300 and you can have this new, "Improved", operating system... and then download the patch.

I always thought microsoft's only real advantage was their business tactics, now it's just another one of their weaknesses.

[xyle_one]

quote:Originally posted by Stryker:


Taking care of it as much as i can.

word  

i was thinking of "Vanilla Sky" when i wrote the whole "moderators" thing. There is a scene where Tom Cruise is running yelling Tech Support. I laughed... anyways.

I could never feel safe banking with IE. ... Thankfully i use Mozilla & Safari

[suselinux]

I am really confused (as usual), I thought microsoft was ordered to make IE easy to uninstal.

by the way how does one do this in XP, my cousin got a new compaq with XP Pre infected.

Windows refund story at linuxjournal

[Kupotek]

YOu cannot uninstall IE6 in XP, you would need to use a 3d party software such as  IERADICATOR, which  can  simply do weird things to your OS installation anyways..

Some people are all  irate about MS stopping  production on IE as a standalone browser, but since you can  access any webpage via  Explorer, why have the redundancy of IE as a standalone browser? It makes sense to me.

[TheQuirk]

Who cares? You can only install IE on Windows now, anyway. Now, you'll just be stuck with IE6 when using Windows2k, etc.

Again, who cares?

[Kupotek]

Yea, it's pretty much a moot point.

[suselinux]

quote:Originally posted by Emiko:
Yea, it's pretty much a moot point.

Its not the imediate fact that they're quiting on a standalone IE, its the ramifications that matter.

you have windows 2k,or XP and IE 6, instead of buying the latest version of windows to get an up to date browser you just download: opera or netscape/mozilla