Internet Explorer 10 Drops Vista Support 438
Pigskin-Referee writes "This week at Microsoft's MIX11 Web developer conference, the company surprised many by making a pre-release version of Internet Explorer 10 available — less than a month after IE9 came out in its final form. But another surprise was uncovered by Computerworld's Gregg Keizer: the next IE won't run on any OS before Windows 7, including Vista. Microsoft took some heat when it came out that Internet Explorer 9 would leave millions of Windows XP users in the lurch, as the new browser would only run on Windows 7 and Vista. But the company confirmed that IE10 won't even run on Vista."
Slashdot = any excuse to bash M$ (Score:1, Interesting)
I can't believe the comments I am reading. This is the best thing that could happen.
I support Vista and XP computers, and it's a nightmare. The more incentive to get people on Windows 7, the better. I have never been more impressed with an operating system from Microsoft, I encourage EVERYONE to upgrade as soon as they have the funds, seriously. And the emulation for older OS's that come with the Professional/Ultimate versions of Windows means that they can STILL RUN their weird math/engineering/xp-only applications. (yes, I've heard of VirtualBox, that's not the point)
The more people using 7, the better the world will be. I am happy Microsoft has given the middle finger to Vista and XP with Internet Explorer 10.
Oh, and to the people who say "YAY PEOPLE WILL USE ALTERNATE BROWSERS!" --- you're smoking crack. 80% of users won't even know Internet Explorer 10 is released, and most will continue to use an older, security hole ridden version of IE6/7/8
Safari is similar... (Score:4, Interesting)
Interestingly, they do build it for XP, Vista and 7. so in effect, they're supporting rival operating systems that are older than their own. That's interesting as it enables them to fragment the opposition more; giving the older OS users less of a reason to upgrade to 7...
I'll be honest though, I'd like to see IE10 on other platforms. It won't happen, but I think the underlying changes and the direction that a current Microsoft are taking are good. Crap marketing speak not withstanding, IE9 is a good browser, whatever the past history for the name.
Um, it's just a web browser ya know.... (Score:5, Interesting)