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HeatherKay
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8492862.stmFront page news! Colour me impressed. *edit* Well it was till the Oscars gazumped it.
_________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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YAY!!!!!
Standards compliance FTW!
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onemac
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:14 pm
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Location: Right here...... Right now.......
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This 'Government Department' still uses it  and XP Pro SP1 Yes, you've read correctly SP1  Our ICT chaps are on the cutting edge I'm telling you...... Al
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AlunD
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To replace all the systems that won't work with anything but IE6 across all of government is going to cost many many million. 
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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And it'd be worth it. What we've got now must surely amount to an illegal monopoly. _________________Jim
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AlunD
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Believe me you don't want to go there 
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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Location: Belfast
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Try 'Doze 2K on a Pentium D from God knows when  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm
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Don’t forget to sign the Number 10 petition, for all the good it will do.
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Question: why were these systems designed only to work with ie6 in the first place?
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
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Indeed. Seriously, that's terribly short sighted. Were they expecting (perhaps not unreasonably) for the clients to be keeping to a reasonable upgrade path? 
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AlunD
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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
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/02/microsoft-warns-of-ie-flaw-affecting-windows-xp-users.arsDo we have a "MS Failboat" thread? [Edit] Actually MS have done pretty well to get it to last this long to be honest
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