IE6 Addiction Inhibits Windows 7 Migrations 470
eldavojohn writes "As anyone in the industry will tell you, a lot of money went into developing web applications specific to IE6. And corporations can't leave Windows XP for Windows 7 until IE6 runs (in some way) on Windows 7. Microsoft wants to leave that non-standard browser mess behind them, but as the article notes, 'Organizations running IE6 have told Gartner that 40% of their custom-built browser-dependent applications won't run on IE8, the version packaged with Windows 7. Thus, many companies face a tough decision: Either spend time and money to upgrade those applications so that they work in newer browsers, or stick with Windows XP.' Support for XP is going to end in April 2014. In order to deal with this, companies are looking at virtualizing IE6 only (instead of a full operating system) so that it can run on Windows 7 — even though Microsoft says this violates licensing agreements. IE6 is estimated to have roughly 16% of browser market share, and due to mistakes in the past it may never truly die."
The Browser That Wouldn't Die (Score:5, Funny)
Seems appropriate for Halloween.
Re:IE Patch (Score:1, Funny)
Re:What do you expect? (Score:5, Funny)
It's vendor/version lock-in.
In other words, Microsoft overdid it. They just wanted to vendor lock-in not the version lock-in. And they are having a hard time recovering from it.
Re:What do you expect? (Score:3, Funny)
Sensitive data and IE6 in the same sentence.. lol..
Re:So sue them. (Score:5, Funny)
I doubt that Microsoft actually would sue them. You don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Let me guess, you're dressing up as Captain Obvious for Halloween?
Re:What do you expect? (Score:3, Funny)
In other words, Microsoft overdid it. They just wanted to vendor lock-in not the version lock-in. And they are having a hard time recovering from it.
MONKEY PAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!
Re:IE Patch (Score:1, Funny)
Leave the poor smokers alone, they get enough hassle without being compared to IE6.
Re:So sue them. (Score:5, Funny)
I went as Captain Obvious one Halloween. No one got it.
Re:What do you expect? (Score:4, Funny)
This will visualize IE6 and 7.
Why the heck would you want to do that? Wouldn't it be more effective to virtualize them?