As mentioned previously, people with illegal copies of XP can now upgrade to IE7 - http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/10/04/internet-explorer-7-update.aspx
Ben -- e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://bendodson.com/ On 09/03/2008, Andrew Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John, > > most of the IE6 users I know are not thieves, they are clients that use > IE6 as part of their SOE. One organisation alone has several thousand IE6 > users. They do not choose their browser, nor their O/S. > > Cheers, Andrew > > Andrew Boyd > Consultant > SMS Management & Technology > > M 0413 048 542 > T +61 2 6279 7100 > F +61 2 6279 7101 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > About SMS: Ground Floor, 8 Brindabella Circuit, CANBERRA > AIRPORT ACT 2609 www.smsmt.com > SMS Management & Technology (SMS) [ASX:SMX] is Australia's largest, > publicly listed Management Services company. We solve complex problems and > transform business through Consulting, People and Technology > ________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of John Hancock [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, 9 March 2008 9:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [WSG] IE8 news - stats > > > Consider that a fairly significant proportion of IE6 users cannot upgrade > as > they're using illegal copies of Windows XP. One of my clients did a > fairly > large study (anonymous) where 18% of 10,000 users were using cracked > copies > of Windows - I'm just wondering how much that'd sway the stats. For > myself, > I'd be unwilling to support people who steal rather than go to linux-based > operating systems. Unfortunately, it's impossible to tell the difference! > > John Hancock > Identity > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Lea de Groot > Sent: Sunday, 9 March 2008 7:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WSG] IE8 news - stats > > Well, if you'd like some stats from a .au site with very much > non-technical, typically Australian-sourced traffic: > > 1. Internet Explorer / Windows 44,549 80.32% > > 1. 7.0 23,965 53.77% > 2. 6.0 20,507 46.01% > 3. 5.5 47 0.11% > 4. 5.01 17 0.04% > 5. 5.0 16 0.04% > 6. 5.23 11 0.02% > 7. 4.5 3 0.01% > 8. 4.01 2 > 0.00% > 9. 5.22 2 > 0.00% > 10. 4.0 1 > 0.00% > > 2. Firefox / Windows 6,581 11.86% > 3. Safari / Macintosh 2,352 4.24% > 4. Firefox / Macintosh 828 1.49% > 5. Mozilla / Linux 623 1.12% > 6. Opera / Windows 150 0.27% > 7. Firefox / Linux 121 0.22% > 8. Mozilla / Windows 48 0.09% > 9. Konqueror / Linux 37 0.07% > 10. Internet Explorer / Macintosh 24 0.04% > > So, 80% Windows IE, split between 7 & 6 - I too expect to see most of > the IE7 users migrate to an IE8 Gold release quite quickly, but that > IE6 will hang around for much longer. > > warmly, > Lea > -- > Lea de Groot > Elysian Systems > Brisbane, Australia > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > > NOTICE - This communication is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or > taking any action in reliance on, this communication by persons or entities > other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient of this communication please delete and destroy all > copies and telephone SMS Management & Technology on 9696 0911 > immediately. Any views expressed in this Communication are those of the > individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be > the views of SMS Management & Technology. Except as required by law, SMS > Management & Technology does not represent, warrant and/or guarantee that > the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that the > communication is free from errors, virus, interception or interference. > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
