And Now This: Microsoft to Nix Standalone Versions of IE!
As if the news regarding AOL and Microsoft's deal last week wasn't enough, now News.com reports that IE 6 Service Pack 1 is the final standalone version of Internet Explorer. What the dilly? A telling snippet:
[IE program manager Brian Countryman] dismissed suggestions that the decision to drop a standalone browser was related to antitrust issues, hinting that planned new security enhancements for the upcoming version of its Windows operating system, code named Longhorn, was the driving force behind the move.
Hmm, this statement should give pause to anyone whose browser has a blue "e" logo in the upper right hand corner. This is a very disconcerting development that will doubtlessly have bad implications for the 95% of the Web users who run IE. I do not question that the reasoning has to do with security improvements to the next version of Windows, but that doesn't mean it's good for the end user.
What it sounds like to me is if you want the latest browsing technology, you gotta upgrade to the latest operating system. So that free browser you were accustomed to, just got a $100+ price tag. Ugh.
Posted by Cory Kleinschmidt
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