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Microsoft To Provide IE Patches for Windows XP Only

Posted by michael on from the lucy-pulls-football-away-again-from-windows-users dept.

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."

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  1. Re:TROLL ALERT! WINDOWS TROLL ALERT!!! by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 1, Troll

    What part of THIS don't you get?

    'Microsoft affirmed that its recent security improvements to IE would be made available only to XP users.

    "We do not have plans to deliver Windows XP SP2 enhancements for Windows 2000 or other older versions of Windows," the company said in a statement. "The most secure version of Windows today is Windows XP with SP2. We recommend that customers upgrade to XP and SP2 as quickly as possible."'

    Windows troll alert!!!

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