Windows Update Will Push IE9; IE10 Will Snub Vista - Yahoo! News

[Fred A. Miller]

On 04/17/2011 09:14 PM, Conrad Knauer wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
>
>> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20110415/tc_nf/78171
>> >
>> > IE9, which became available on March 14, has previously been available
>> > through manual downloads. The company said it has seen strong customer and
>> > business demand for the new browser, which supports HTML5 and Windows 7
>> > integration. On April 18, existing IE9 beta and release candidate users will
>> > be upgraded through Windows Update.
>> >
>> > Goodbye, XP
> That last little bit is more like 'Goodbye, IE on XP'; people are for
> the most part upgrading their OS as they buy new computers; very few
> people will buy a new computer just for a new web browser from
> Microsoft ;)
>
> BUT this is a good opportunity to remind people that Microsoft
> products are shoddy and should be replaced with alternatives as much
> as possible! (especially high quality software libre... yay Firefox 4!

'Saright!

Fred

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