> An even better forced "upgrade" for IE6 users would be a mandatory > upgrade to IE7 or IE8. Neither is great, but IE6 is so full of > security > problems that it's not even clear it's really supported anymore.
Windows 2000 tops out at IE6. It's a solid and stable OS and is what the 7-year old Dell PCs I give to staff and other non-profits are licensed for, so yes, people still use it. It's fine for the low-end stuff they'll be using it for: office apps, email and web-surfing. They're free to replace it with their own version of XP, but the cert on the PC is for 2000. FWIW, in addition to OpenOffice 3.1, I install and Firefox on these computers and also set the user up as a limited-rights user, not the admin, so they're not exposed by IE6's security issues and running an OS as an admin, the single biggest security issue for Windows users prior to Vista. > Besides, consider all of the folks out there with XP who are suddenly > going to feel orphaned when windows7 gets released in October, and all > too many software providers move on to 7, if you think Binging against > your will is bad, imagine paying money to upgrade to be "compatible". You can get IE8 for XP. Considering how widely XP is in use (and how XP SP3 will be supported by MS until 2014), it will be more than several years before any XP user will *need* to upgrade their system to Win7. They may want to, I will, or they could buy a new system that comes with Win7, which will be out on October 22. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
