Another problem is that there are organisations which still have large investments in a legacy O/S (MS included) on which IE7/8 cannot run.
So it's not just a time issue for downloading the browser, but upgrading to a new O/S. On Mon, August 4, 2008 8:03 am, James Ellis wrote: > Hi > > Not wanting to hijack the PNG thread, so I've altered the subject. > > I understand the issues involve in huge migrations, it's not that easy.. > especially if your systems have a vested interest in some piece of > obsolete > technology.. but there are two things that strike me as odd here - > - IE7 has been around for about 2 years now. It takes about 10 minutes to > install IE7 on the desktop (I did one yesterday). 20000 employees > shouldn't be > that difficult ? > - the last time I worked in a big corporate environment, upgrades happened > with a zap disk - either by choice or because the OS became unusable. The > zap > would boot up the PC and download an image to the machine, installing the > image. A fresh new windows in about 30 minutes. > > So, time isn't obviously an issue - I think it's more the "tying of an > application to one browser" -- if it's for internal use that's a special > case > that probably doesn't apply to general public web use. > > > Get enough people hammering on the door and somethings gotta give, I say > ;) > > Cheers > James > > On Monday 04 August 2008 15:54:41 Phillips, Wendy wrote: >> I would agree. When you have over 20,000 employees and multiple legacy >> systems, upgrading an OS is a really big deal and you will always be >> behind >> the pack. Staff don't have the choice or ability to upgrade. >> >> >> WP >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On >> Behalf Of Lewis, Matthew Sent: Monday, 4 August 2008 2:05 PM >> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org >> Subject: Re: [WSG] What is the best solution for IE6 png issue? >> >> > as to say look at the theory of developing specifics for IE6. There is >> > a gaining movement around to start phasing out IE6 support - look at >> > 37signals, I think they begin IE6 phase out this week or next. They've >> > done their maths and taken a gamble. Hopefully it'll spark something. >> > [snip...] >> > In the end, do you want to spend hours developing hacks for IE6 or >> > just nicely push people into an upgrade path? >> >> OT and not much to do with IE6 .png solutions but instead, the ongoing >> support of IE6 aspect of this thread. >> >> I was advised by a lesser Microsoft management bot that many corporate >> organisations have a 'latest minus one' policy, which means only running >> up >> to the previous version of any current browser. This will hopefully mean >> that when IE8 is fully released many corporate techs will then upgrade >> to >> IE7, ideally resulting in a bulk upgrade of the costly IE6. >> >> I hope this has some truth. >> > > > > > ******************************************************************* > 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] *******************************************************************
