Re: [PHP] Why MS Won't Retire Browsers -- was: Interntet Explorer 8beater 2

---- Micah Gersten <micah@onshore.com> wrote:
> The problem is that if you're running on older hardware, IE7 might be
> too CPU intensive to run correctly. That's why MS won't set Sunset
> Dates for an old browser. They instead set the Sunset Dates for the OS
> and that's how they make things out of date. They say upgrade the OS.
> Matter of philosophy. The problem is that the new OS won't run on the
> old hardware and costs lots of money so people don't upgrade. Remember,
> MS is for profit. If you can just upgrade your browser, they don't make
> any money. If you upgrade your OS, they do.

My last upgrade was from XP to Ubuntu. :)

And believe it or not, if you want to test your test on Ubuntu there is an IE for it or you can just WINE things. :)

Wolf