I understand, but I also disagree. It takes resources to maintain and update/upgrade those older browsers. The revenue stream for such things is based on new purchases, so if you continue to put resources in place to maintain stuff that’s 10 years old or older, you dilute the profits for current product, or you have to make it that much more expensive to cover your costs.
A similar analogy would be to suggest that Mercedes should continue to offer updates or engineering changes/enhancements to our older cars. Why? They’re in business to make money, and they have no way of covering the up front costs to do so even if people would be willing to spend the money. Why don’t they make xenon headlights for W126 chassis cars, for example? (Heck, I’m not even sure those exist in the aftermarket!) This is compounded with computers by the constant changes in software and architecture that is a part of new designs and development. It’s a market driven issue. People want more bells and whistles and as those are created, rolled out and accepted by the general public the older stuff gets left behind. If there’s little demand for it, no one will invest the time or money to maintain it. It’s progress, man. It can suck, but there’s not a lot you can do about it. Dan > On Jun 23, 2016, at 11:27 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Yabbut, both apfel and oogle drop browsers for the older OS's and most of us > require a web browser for normal work. The alternatives for 10.5 browsers > are unworkable, and 10.6 will soon go that way. I could care less about any > downgrades put in place from 10.5 to 10 .12. I'd just like my software (and > peripherals) to work. > > My complaint is that it is all arbitrary and artificial to make folks buy new > hardware and software. (whether billygates or apfel) > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
