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Author:  HeatherKay [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8492862.stm

Front page news! Colour me impressed.

*edit* Well it was till the Oscars gazumped it.
Author:  rustybucket [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6
YAY!!!!!

Standards compliance FTW!
Author:  onemac [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6
This 'Government Department' still uses it :o and XP Pro SP1 :o Yes, you've read correctly SP1 :lol: Our ICT chaps are on the cutting edge I'm telling you......

Al
Author:  AlunD [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6
To replace all the systems that won't work with anything but IE6 across all of government is going to cost many many million. :roll:
Author:  rustybucket [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6
AlunD wrote:
To replace all the systems that won't work with anything but IE6 across all of government is going to cost many many million. :roll:

And it'd be worth it.

What we've got now must surely amount to an illegal monopoly.
Author:  AlunD [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6
rustybucket wrote:
AlunD wrote:
To replace all the systems that won't work with anything but IE6 across all of government is going to cost many many million. :roll:

And it'd be worth it.

What we've got now must surely amount to an illegal monopoly.

Believe me you don't want to go there :roll: 8-)
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6
onemac wrote:
This 'Government Department' still uses it :o and XP Pro SP1 :o Yes, you've read correctly SP1 :lol: Our ICT chaps are on the cutting edge I'm telling you......

Al


Try 'Doze 2K on a Pentium D from God knows when :(
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6
Don’t forget to sign the Number 10 petition, for all the good it will do.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6
rustybucket wrote:
AlunD wrote:
To replace all the systems that won't work with anything but IE6 across all of government is going to cost many many million. :roll:

And it'd be worth it.

What we've got now must surely amount to an illegal monopoly.

Question: why were these systems designed only to work with ie6 in the first place?
Author:  ProfessorF [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6
l3v1ck wrote:
Question: why were these systems designed only to work with ie6 in the first place?


Indeed. Seriously, that's terribly short sighted. Were they expecting (perhaps not unreasonably) for the clients to be keeping to a reasonable upgrade path? :?
Author:  AlunD [ Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6
l3v1ck wrote:
rustybucket wrote:
AlunD wrote:
To replace all the systems that won't work with anything but IE6 across all of government is going to cost many many million. :roll:

And it'd be worth it.

What we've got now must surely amount to an illegal monopoly.

Question: why were these systems designed only to work with ie6 in the first place?

That was the browser ( no real options ) that was used the fact that it was so totally non standards complaint didn't matter as it allowed the suppliers to do what they wanted in terms of functionality.

Deep Joy :roll:
Author:  rustybucket [ Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pressure mounts to phase out Internet Explorer 6
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/02/microsoft-warns-of-ie-flaw-affecting-windows-xp-users.ars

Do we have a "MS Failboat" thread?

:roll:

[Edit] Actually MS have done pretty well to get it to last this long to be honest
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