Thread: "Apple is the next Microsoft"
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Old 02-28-2014, 03:35 PM   #103
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
It was specifically stated that the old versions are abandoned. All the people who are using perfectly functional WinXP computers have no choice but to install a real browser. Because IE8 is not a real browser today...

Chrome and Firefox don't require you to 'update to a "new" OS that is over 4 years old to use the latest version', which is all that really matters in this case.



What exactly do you mean by supported???

Support for old software is defined by the presence of updates, which for IE would be the IE 9, 10, and now 11 updates. How do you "support" an old version, is this like supporting Firefox 3.0 or something? Oh yay, Microsoft still "supports" Internet Explorer 2.

Microsoft does not "support" IE8, they support IE, and only on Win7&8.


The fact that they'd discriminate based on which version of the OS you have is frankly, asinine. And it is no matter what company does it.
You two are confusing "support" with "supply the latest version of the software". Yes, you need to upgrade a 12 year old OS to get the newest version.

But yes, point taken, IE is not "supported" as well as Chrome or Firefox in that regard. But keep in mind all the major browsers are free so it's not a hardship by any means.
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