Microsoft To Provide IE Patches for Windows XP Only

Fortunato_NC writes "Microsoft has decided that future IE updates, including those related to security, will only be available to customers using Windows XP. This news.com article has the complete scoop. A choice quote: 'Microsoft may be turning the lemons of its browser's security reputation into the lemonade of a powerful upgrade selling point.' This should provide a huge boost to Mozilla and other alternative browser backers."

Comments

Re:Servers?

[gnu-generation-one]

"The article mentions nothing about servers... Does this mean that Windows 2000 Server users will have to upgrade to Windows Server 2003?"

Don't servers typically use wget and lynx for browsers? You can have a graphical browser open on the workstation you're connecting from, and copy URLs into the SSH window.

Re:Good

[rainman_bc]

But then you have the Dell machines that come with POS McAfee pre-installed. I just helped out a family member with a new computer and set them up wtih FF, and they can't update McAfee because it uses a goddamn ActiveX control.

Luckily I moved them to AVG anyway. McAfee is just bloatware crap anyway.
</angry rant>