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Microsoft Ends IE for Mac

Posted by Zonk on from the who-needs-ie-anyway dept.

RandomMacUser writes "A while ago, Microsoft stopped updating IE for Mac, freezing it at version 5. But according to this Microsoft webpage, all support will cease December 31, 2005, and any official distribution with cease January 31, 2006. Also, the webpage suggests 'that Macintosh users migrate to more recent web browsing technologies such as Apple's Safari.'"

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  1. I CALL B.S. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I CALL BULL SHIT

  2. who cares by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    i.e. is a piece of shit anyways

  3. GOOD GOD STOP THE PREDICTIONS! by 1336.5 · · Score: -1, Troll

    No more IE for Mac? SO WHAT! Internet Exploder sucked anyway. Safari and Firefox pwn IE.

    Secondly there is a perfect replacement for Office for Mac. ITS CALLED iWORK 05. Jesus you dumbasses, you call yourself Mac users and dont even know the products. The only product that Apple needs is a spreadsheet application similar to Excel. Maybe this is why they tried to trademark some word last year that implicated spreadsheets (I cant rememeber what word it was). I never use database applications like MS Access so that one I dont even care enough about to address.

    I have never heard of someone buying MS Office due to needing MS Access either...

    So please stop panicing and making predicitons that arent needed. /rant

  4. Mod parent down clueless. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mod parent down clueless.