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Internet Explorer Turns 15

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-the-internet-has-never-been-the-same dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Software giant Microsoft's Internet Explorer turned 15 years old on Monday. The company recently said it would launch the Internet Explorer 9 public beta version on September 15, 2010. The software giant launched the first version of the browser, Internet Explorer 1, on August 16, 1995. It was a revised version of Spyglass Mosaic, which Microsoft had licensed from Spyglass Inc."

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  1. Re:IE turns 15... by bondsbw · · Score: 5, Funny
    History of IE:
    • Cool... we can go to web pages!
    • Eh, I like Netscape better.
    • But wait... we can theme IE!
    • Microsoft sucks! Down with IE!
    • Oooh... so yeah, I hate to say this since I hate Microsoft, but Netscape really sucks... they haven't upgraded it in like 5 years. And it's owned by AOL, the other enemy. Guess I have to go with IE...
    • IE hasn't been upgraded in like 5 years... we need something new.
    • *From heaven* "BEHOLD, FIREFOX!"
    • Microsoft: Oh crap, you mean we have to put out a new version of IE? Do we still have developers around?
    • Apple: Let's take a Safari...
    • Google: Hey, me too!
    • Opera: Ok guys, we'll make it free... we get it.
    • Opera: HELLO!!?!? Anybody there?
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  2. Re:IE turns 15... by characterZer0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It does not matter when the first copy of XP was sold, it matters when the last copy was sold. You cannot drop support for something that you sold a few months ago just because it has been on sale for 8 years and there are two newer versions.

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