No IE7 For 2k, Now In Extended Service

Yankovic writes "Looks like MS will not support IE7 on Windows 2000. 'It should be no surprise that we do not plan on releasing IE7 for Windows 2000... [S]ome of the security work in IE7 relies on operating system functionality in XPSP2 that is non-trivial to port back to Windows 2000.' While security fixes will still be available until 2010, I guess that means the only browsers with tabs for W2k will be Opera and Firefox." All the details about an MS product's fall into senility available at the lifecycle page.

I... can't tell

[Anonymous Coward]

Is this a good thing or a bad thing for the Win2K users?

Re:When

[Anonymous Coward]

Games like "How many Botnets can my computer participate in at one time?"

It's OK Windows 2000.

[Comatose51]

There, there... It's OK. Firefox [mozilla.org] loves you. Firefox won't judge you. Just because you're 5 years old, it doesn't mean you can't have tabs.

Come on. Just download Firefox and you can hang out with the other cool kids.

Aw... Is that a smilie emoticon I see in your window?!

[Mr. Burns] Excellent... [/Mr. Burns]

Re:The cost of Internet Explorer

[Man in Spandex]

I wonder what I'll choose.

hmm... lynx on cygwin ;)

Re:One More Reason to Keep Win2K

[Anonymous Luddite]

>> whats my upgrade path from Mac OS X 10.4?

Slackware 10.1 [slackware.org]

Thanks for asking ;-]

Re:Terrible Sunday News

[Anonymous Coward]

I also gotta say this new confirm your not a script thing is stupid and if I stop coming here that will be why.

That sounds pretty suspicious to me. If you aren't a script then you shouldn't have anything to fear.

Re:One More Reason to Keep Win2K

[Tim C]

You're right - MS should be forced to support all its software for all eternity, back-porting everything to every version of Windows that they've ever released.

Re:The cost of Internet Explorer

[AlephNot]

That shouldn't be a problem when it comes to porn--ASCII art renders perfectly fine in Lynx! (rimshot)

Give 'em a break

[inkswamp]

[S]ome of the security work in IE7 relies on operating system functionality in XPSP2 that is non-trivial to port back to Windows 2000.'

Too bad MS isn't a massive software corporation with loads of resources and cash to throw at such a thing, but since they're young and struggling and don't have the staffing to port things back to widely used versions of their OS, I think we should all cut 'em some slack.

Re:One More Reason to Keep Win2K

[Seumas]

It doesn't really matter anymore. MSIE has aleady won the browser wars. I mean, Mozilla/Firefox are still on version 1 while Microsoft is almost ready to bring out version 7. You don't have to be a genius to realize that MSIE 7 is 6 more than Mozilla 1. Your average consumer will understand this almost immediately.

This is just a further example of the clear problems with OSS. They simply can't compete and excel at the rate of proprietary software and the version numbers prove it.

Another news sometime in future

[hermank]

....Looks like MS will not support IE9 on Windows Longhorn, leased in 2009. 'It should be no surprise that we do not plan on releasing IE9 for Windows Longhorn... Some of the security work in IE9 relies on operating system functionality in MSP4 (Monopole Service Pack 4, which is essential security update for Windows Monopole, released in 2015) that is non-trivial to port back to Windows Longhorn.' While security fixes will still be available until 2018, the only browsers with for Longhorn will be Opera and Firefox.

It was reported that MSP4 caused some of application fail. 'Users who installed MSP4 may not be able to open a doc file in Word 2015. It is highly recommended for all the user to upgrade to Office 2018, as it already contains all the features of MSP4', the spokeperson of Microsoft said. The spokeperson also confirm that MSP5 is on the way 'for giving more user friendly experience on security and operation stability'

Re:Why do so many people love Win2K?

[ArcticFlood]

Running Windows gives geek cred?

Re:One More Reason to Keep Win2K

[aweraw]

a catapult for getting up, and slippery slide for getting down, I believe was the initial proposal.

Re:One More Reason to Keep Win2K

[Thu25245]

Dang, whats my upgrade path from Mac OS X 10.4?

Longhorn! Longhorn will be decades ahead of Tiger!

Um, literally. Decades.

Re:One More Reason to Keep Win2K

[Anonymous Coward]

Higher up in the thread, someone cited 60% of offices use it.

That's quite possibly the best joke I've ever seen on Slashdot.