Thread: "Apple is the next Microsoft"
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Old 03-03-2014, 10:01 AM   #130
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
Very well then, how do you define support?

And why is it so obvious to you that older OS versions don't deserve the latest version of a software that is fully capable of running on the older system? I would understand if a program is simply too resource-intensive/complex/requires libraries not available for older systems/something, but if Chrome and FF both find it technologically feasible to support WinXP, then Microsoft can do it so.

The only reason they don't is because of politics! Why?
As others have mentioned, it's not politics, it's the resource requirements. Most likely because as you said sloppy programming. IE has always been like that. I'm not excusing it, but again with all the free browsers available it's not a hardship.

I have admitted IE is not supported as well as Chrome or FF. However the point is that it is still supported with patches, and that in general Microsoft has been better about support than what popular perception assumes.
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