Internet Explorer 7 To Be XP Only

WindozeSux writes "The new Microsoft browser, Internet Explorer 7 will only be available for users of Windows XP. However, due to the fact the that a large amount of Windows users do not own Windows XP, IE7 is expected to boost the amount of Firefox users. From the article: 'Improvements in Firefox, along with IE 7 restrictions, could lead to a dramatic increase in the open-source browser's market share, according to Dotzler.'"

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I love the smell of FUD in the morning

[infonography]

This won't happen. Microsoft would be open to so many lawsuits that they would actually notice.

Bad microsoft, BAD.

[BaronSprite]

When competition is starting to rise, you don't limit the available platforms, especially when your competitor supports more then you do already.

Wait, what am I saying. Please limit IE7 to no operating systems and save the world the trouble.

Of course this is probably another: Hey corporation running 9x, upgrade!

Re:Another Dupe, Zonk

[ZephyrXero]

That is pretty bad when you make a dupe of your own post! lol...Plus, the fact that IE7 would only be for XP and up has been known for quite a while now.

Re:Double Standard

[Master of Transhuman]

"I love and I use Linux"

Bill, what did I just say in my last email?

You're spending way too much time astroturfing.

Even Melinda is complaining. She's afraid you're coming down with OCD like Howard Hughes.

Steve

It's this simple...

[suitepotato]

Using Windows 98 or 95 instead of Windows XP is like using Xenix instead of Fedora Core 3/4 or any other latest modern Linux or BSD distribution. Microsoft should not be making everything eternally backward compatible. People who b*tched endlessly about Windows 3.1 nevertheless did the same about Microsoft dropping 16-bit Win 3.1 compatibility even though they were on Windows 95 Revision B by then.

Would you still use a ten year old version of a Unix variant in your business simply because you didn't want to pay for the upgrade? Would you use a ten year old Linux distro because you didn't want to spend the time on upgrading?

You do what you have to, to be part of the modern technological world. I don't expect vidoes to be published on Betamax, I don't expect music to be published on 8-track, I don't expect the latest and greatest software to be ported to OSes that are the farthest removed from latest and greatest. This would be like trying to publish modern PC games for use with a Trident chipset video card with 1MB RAM. The latest and greatest should work with the contemporary, not the yesterday.