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Old 16 Feb 2005, 02:18 PM   #1
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IE 7 - Somewhere down the road

Bill Gates say's Microsoft will release a version 7 of Internet Explorer.

See the article at Reuters here

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Microsoft will release a new version of Internet Explorer, the world's most widely used Web browsing software, with stronger, built-in security features, chairman Bill Gates says.
"We have decided to do a new version of Internet Explorer, this is IE 7," Gates said on Tuesday at the RSA Security Conference being held in San Francisco.
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He is probably feeling a little bothered by Firefox's recent increase in popularity.
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Old 16 Feb 2005, 02:24 PM   #2
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I wouldn't go so far as to say it's "definitely untrue" but companies change their product strategies all the time, so with no more effort than a few words slipped into a speech, he can cause havoc for the competition (what large company wants to spend the money/time migrating everyone off IE if they are potentially going to be migrating them all back to IE again within a reasonable amount of time?) without committing Microsoft to actually having to "do" anything much.
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Old 17 Feb 2005, 12:33 AM   #3
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IE6 did suffer from lots of vulnerability attack. If MS do put resources in building the NEW IE 7, it's indeed a good news.

However, sometimes, one just can't figure out what MS's priority is. Hope, user need not wait for long before the NEW IE7 launches.

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Old 17 Feb 2005, 03:46 AM   #4
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Re: IE 7 - Somewhere down the road

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"We have decided to do a new version of Internet Explorer, this is IE 7," Gates said
A classic IBM strategy.
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Old 18 Feb 2005, 06:01 PM   #5
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Originally posted by trekker
IE6 did suffer from lots of vulnerability attack. If MS do put resources in building the NEW IE 7, it's indeed a good news.

However, sometimes, one just can't figure out what MS's priority is. Hope, user need not wait for long before the NEW IE7 launches.

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I am not hopeful that IE7 is going to be any better than IE6 in any respect, much less security. I think it's just a new version number with cosmetic changes to try and hold back Firefox's march. If they are really doing something, good, but I am not holding my breath.
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Old 18 Feb 2005, 07:20 PM   #6
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It is only for Win XP SP2 as I know

It is only for Win XP SP2 as I know that si what our computer mags says here.
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Old 18 Feb 2005, 07:25 PM   #7
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http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=6079

A little info from the Mozilla site.
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