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Microsoft drops Mac Internet Explorer
Why not? IE5 is old and outdated anyway, not to mention anyone using a Mac is probably using Safari or Firefox. It just doesn't make sense for Microsoft to keep supporting IE on a platform that few people are using their browser on, and MS realizes this.
Posted by: Loverock Davidson   Posted on: 12/19/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Microsoft drops Mac Internet Explorer  Loverock Davidson | 12/19/05
No love lost with passing IE for Mac, MS got their investment $ back  educateme@... | 12/19/05
That's a boon, actually...  techboy_z | 12/19/05
MS divested itself years ago  bidemytime | 12/19/05
Yep  tic swayback | 12/19/05
Message has been deleted.  educateme@... | 12/19/05
You don't have to use IE  SQLServer | 12/19/05
You mean...  nucrash | 12/19/05
it is missing something  Monkey_MCSE | 12/19/05
No loss  Ken_z | 12/19/05
VPC  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/19/05
They made IE for the mac??  brneyes@... | 12/19/05
Good of them to warn users.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/05
Will you be so cavalier  Robert Crocker | 12/19/05
1 Month? Looks 2.5 years to me  voska | 12/19/05
That's funny  Fred Fredrickson | 12/19/05
So what is your point???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/05
Confused? Follow the thread  Fred Fredrickson | 12/19/05
Nothing to follow. IE has been unsupported, now it dies.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/05
Absolutely, with so many options why would I care?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/05
What IE option  Robert Crocker | 12/20/05
What do I care about Win 2000?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/05
Another nail in the coffin  John L. Ries | 12/19/05
A clue would be nice about now...  wolf_z | 12/19/05
All righty then.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/19/05
I stand corrected  John L. Ries | 12/20/05
An era has passed  mlindl | 12/19/05
This is not news. This happended YEARS ago...  BitTwiddler | 12/19/05
What's a MAC ??  jpr75_z | 12/19/05
Well, to be percise  Real World | 12/19/05
Yeah, right...  Rick_K | 12/19/05
So how upgradable is the Mac Mini?  Real World | 12/19/05
Not to mention  Real World | 12/19/05
Maybe you should.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/19/05
call me after you scndisk, disk clean, defrag, anti-spy/virus scan...  Jeff Spicoli | 12/19/05
None of that should matter to you, Jeff  Real World | 12/20/05
How upgradeable is the Gateway Profile 4?  tic swayback | 12/19/05
Two points  Real World | 12/19/05
Bad points  tic swayback | 12/19/05
Your concerns  People | 12/19/05
Re: Bad Points  Real World | 12/20/05
You should get a clue  ITGuy04 | 12/21/05
Got one, thanks. Need to borrow it?  Real World | 12/22/05
Ahem !  jacrav | 12/28/05
Your extemism is worse  voska | 12/19/05
Yeah, right... - THANK YOU  e2ndo@... | 12/20/05
What a MAC is  Lisanne001 | 12/19/05
Also  Real World | 12/19/05
Yup  People | 12/19/05
Yeah that terrible hand n glove relationship between  Laff | 12/19/05
I'm glad they work together, Jim  Real World | 12/20/05
And my point was that you can't have one without the other.  Laff | 12/20/05
Poor misguided fool  Fred Fredrickson | 12/19/05
Two mistakes  nECrO_z | 12/19/05
He said, she said...  Fred Fredrickson | 12/20/05
Close only counts in horseshoes...  nECrO_z | 12/20/05
He said, she said...  Fred Fredrickson | 12/20/05
Not really  ITGuy04 | 12/21/05
Facts are Facts  Lisanne001 | 12/19/05
But opinion isn't fact  Fred Fredrickson | 12/20/05
Great post  WoofyBear | 12/20/05
Yup that obsolete company is doing so badly now and  Laff | 12/19/05
History Lesson  Lisanne001 | 12/19/05
More revisionism  Fred Fredrickson | 12/20/05
Get some facts, then report back  ITGuy04 | 12/21/05
Try a little research next time...  BitTwiddler | 12/20/05
Please check your facts before posting.  WoofyBear | 12/20/05
Re: What's a Mac??  Yen_z | 12/20/05
Oh soo funny jpr75...  nomorems | 12/20/05
What support?  tic swayback | 12/19/05
5%???  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/19/05
A sad day  Richard Flude | 12/19/05
So tell me  Real World | 12/20/05
Because, for better or worse,  MacCanuck | 12/20/05
No one cares  dwjunix | 12/19/05
No big surprise.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/19/05
I am jealous! Mac users can say goodbye....  dave95 | 12/19/05
I felt very sad about MAC IE when I read it with my Safari browser ....  michael_t | 12/19/05
Bwahahaha!!! A headline we'd ALL like to see..  Jeff Spicoli | 12/19/05
Christ on a Crutch, Jeff  Too Old For IT | 12/20/05
Especially, since IE  michael_t | 12/20/05
Part of the Solution  Isidore Nabi | 12/21/05
Only pay.gov is affected here.  Too Old For IT | 12/20/05
ASP sites  outdoorzealot | 12/20/05
ASP Is Nondenominational  PMC-CON | 12/20/05
Not necessarily  Isidore Nabi | 12/21/05
ASP Is Nondenominational  PMC-CON | 12/20/05
Isn't it ironic ?  jacrav | 12/28/05
I failed to see the Mac part  nucrash | 12/20/05
M$ is slowly decimating it's market.  thetruth_z | 12/20/05
Did Macintosh users actually use MSIE?  JonathonDoe | 12/20/05
Whats IE?  jmick | 12/20/05
Doesn't matter, you didn't use it  Boot_Agnostic | 12/20/05
Is there a Mac IE?  nomorems | 12/20/05
Again, old news  Behold | 12/21/05

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