# Goddam Internet Explorer **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 29, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddam-internet-explorer/604497 "2011-11-29T21:18:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddam-internet-explorer/604497/41 "2011-12-01T05:12:02Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You’re speaking pretty harshly of my 76 year old mother. > > But seriously, has Microsoft actually got you this conditioned? They sell you a product. Then they design a newer product that will make the first product no longer work. XP works just fine on hardware that supports it. As for IE, they’re not obligated to make sure new versions work on 12-year-old OSes. Apple won’t even talk to you if you’re still running 10.4 (Tiger) which is only half as old as XP. > [@](#): > > And then they tell you that it’s your fault if the product you bought doesn’t work because you should be buying their newer product. Try installing Apple’s 12 year old OS (OS X 10.1) on a new Mac. Let me know how that works out for you. > [@](#): > > A program you bought twelve years ago should still work as well as it did in 1999. If you decide to buy a new product it should be because the new product is an improvement on the old product not because the new product disabled the old product. It will work as well, so long as you use it on the same PC from 1999. It may or may not work on a brand-new PC if the hardware manufacturers don’t write drivers for XP. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddam-internet-explorer/604497/42 "2011-12-01T17:42:53Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You’re speaking pretty harshly of my 76 year old mother. > > But seriously, has Microsoft actually got you this conditioned? They sell you a product. Then they design a newer product that will make the first product no longer work. And then they tell you that it’s your fault if the product you bought doesn’t work because you should be buying their newer product. > > A program you bought twelve years ago should still work as well as it did in 1999. If you decide to buy a new product it should be because the new product is an improvement on the old product not because the new product disabled the old product. > > But for some reason we tolerate practices in the computer industry that would be considered insane in any other business. But IE 7 and 8 did highly improve on their predecessors. The jump from IE6 to IE7 is one of the most revolutionary things of the last 10 years in the web dev world. You might not see that as an end user, but it allowed a better product - a website - to be delivered to you. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddam-internet-explorer/604497/43 "2011-12-01T19:45:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But for some reason we tolerate practices in the computer industry that would be considered insane in any other business. You also realize that the computer industry has advanced much, much more rapidly than any other business in the history of Earth right? That comparison isn’t apples to apples or even apples to oranges, it’s apples to motherfucking alien zygotes from the planet Xenobulus IV. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddam-internet-explorer/604497/44 "2011-12-01T20:52:34Z")
> [@digs](#): > > _You’re still chiselling? You have GOT to try this new “Lithography” stuff…_ > > But, seriously, Microsoft! You employ more than a few programmers, and you have a few nickels to rub together. Why not make an effort to MAKE YOUR SOFTWARE WORK? A: Fewer nickels to devote to rubbing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddam-internet-explorer/604497.md?page=2)