Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016

Re:Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on J... by hartror on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @12:49AM (#10625561)

We still have customers with IE6. Risk adverse institutions like airports really don't want to upgrade things.

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Re:Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on J... by thanksgiving on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @12:54AM (#10625578)

I'd say they are not very risk averse if they are still using IE6. In fact, I'd say they are living on the edge. I hope the CTO has a really nice golden parachute because they will need it when (and not if) the proverbial poop hits the proverbial fan.

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Re:Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on J... by larister on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @01:49AM (#10625753)

I hope they _don't_ have a golden parachute

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Re:Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on J... by douche on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @01:54AM (#10625775)

How about a parachute _made of_ gold...

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Re:Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on J... by gulpahum on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @03:09AM (#10626030)

I believe those are closed systems not connected to the internet. It still would be better to upgrade them (for easier access to spare parts, knowledge, etc).

Otherwise they end up like this French airport which was shut down just few weeks ago because their Windows 3.1 failed.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10559687

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Re:Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on J... by i386081 on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @06:26AM (#10626640)

By the way. Windows 3.1 is just a fancy GUI for MS DOS :P

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Re:Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on J... by orblivion on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @12:55AM (#10625581)

Maybe there should be a much more stripped down thing like the web with a much smaller attack surface or need for new features, so updates will only be occasional security updates.

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Re:Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on J... by UnoriginalGuy on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @01:03AM (#10625613)

In China?

If you look at the numbers and include China they're quite bleak. If you exclude China it doesn't seem quite so bad.

But China has a massive Windows XP piracy problem that isn't going away.

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Re:Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on J... by yuhong on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @01:54AM (#10625778)

How many have XP/Server 2003 custom support?

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