Re: IE 6

by "Paul Wilson" <webgooru(at)gte.net>

Date:	Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:21:12 -0500
To:	<hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>, "Captain F.M. O'Lary" <ctfuzzy(at)canopy.net>
References:	canopy
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Capt.

> <BEGIN QUOTE>
> Microsoft announced the release of a new Internet Explorer. However, while
this
> public preview edition for IE 6 boasts cool interface enhancements and
improved
> stability, beware: it won't run on Windows 95. Out with the old, in with
the
> new:
> http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-3364664-108-75410.html

No surprise there.  Micro$oft does this quite often.  Few of their pre-95'
applications could be installed on a 95' system. Someday I need to throw out
that old Version 1.0 Office package.

Two years from now everything they write will probably not work with 98'
either.  This is the old upgrade treadmill.  Every year to 18 months you
have to upgrade your hardware so it can handle the latest software.  Then
they upgrade the software again.... ad infinitum.  MS figured out how to
make this work for them with applications and operating systems. The only
way off the treadmill is to become a truck driver or bricklayer.

Paul Wilson
webgooru(at)gte.net

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