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Re: IE7 users, we need to talk…

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Post by shearnie »

taspeotis wrote: post #10

> We are offering to buy a new computer with a modern browser for any of our customers who are stuck with IE7 Great PR, since practically no-one is going to take them up on the offer. If you're on IE7 you're probably on it because MegaCorp's Intranet Application '02 Enterprise Edition doesn't work on anything else. Meaning the new computer will break their LOB application. It's also possible it won't cost them any mo…

I wonder if there'll be a rush for IE10 compliancy when Windows XP support comes to an end like COBOL systems needed Y2K compliancy leading up to 2000?

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

yuhong wrote: post #32
justinph wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That support ends on April 8 of this year: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enterprise/endofsuppo...

On WinXP. You can run it on Server 2008 and receive security updates until 2020.

Interesting, but who's running Server 2008 as a corporate desktop OS?

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Post by flomo »

crisnoble wrote: post #55
micampe wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do that with a car from 1972. The comparison doesn't hold though.

You likely have been upgrading and maintaining your car. Users with IE7 who expect the world to freeze with their hardware are like car owners who do not change their oil yet would be amiss when their car stops functioning after 10 years.

Strained car analogies are the 1999 Slashdot PT Cruiser of internet arguments.

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Post by ddw »

I work for a fairly large org. Once I finished an internal app and sent out an email for some folks to check it out.

I soon received an email that the website was not working for someone. The screenshot showed that the browser they were using was Lotus Notes.

They were clicking on the link in their email and it was opening it in Lotus freaking Notes.

"Uh, no, we don't support that."

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Post by DannyBee »

skywhopper wrote: post #6
SDGT wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One might ask why they're looking for nursing jobs at work then.

Probably because they're at a job so crappy that their employer forces them to use IE7.

"Screw you nerds, i'm going to change bedpans for the elderly"

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Post by pikachu_is_cool »

jameshart wrote: post #53
soup10 wrote: post #22

1.22% of your users is probably like 1 person lol. Gj gaming hacker news to reach the many nurses that visit here.

You're right, nursing jobs sites must be so niche they hardly get any traffic. The healthcare industry in the US is tiny, I mean, it's only, what, 16% of the entire US economy? I mean the total expenditure on hospital care in the entire country is only $380 billion or so a year, and employs only about 2.6 million nurses. That's just 1.8% of the US working population. And it's not like nursing is disproportionately do…

> this site with a page 1 google ranking for a search for "nursing jobs"

INCORRECT! The #1 ranked page is in fact nursingjobs.org. The website in the OP is ranked #7.

Edit: I'm an idiot.

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Post by taspeotis »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #62
yuhong wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On WinXP. You can run it on Server 2008 and receive security updates until 2020.

Interesting, but who's running Server 2008 as a corporate desktop OS?

Probably no-one. I can think of a bunch of people who run it as a Terminal Server though.

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Post by kristopolous »

nlp wrote: post #48

Ok, so I download IE7, sign up on the site, get a new computer, and then go back to using Firefox.

I think it would be better to find an existing user and execute the scheme - a registration date of "yesterday" and a post count of "1" probably wouldn't qualify you.

It reminds me of the MSFT settlement in the early 2000's where you could get a (I think) $100 check from Redmond. It was somehow "transferable" and a few of my friends bought people's right to redeem the check by doing things like giving out gift certificates or handing out free ice cream. (IANAL so excuse me if I didn't use the proper lingo there)

IIRC, I think they made in the tens of thousands.

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Post by eropple »

crisnoble wrote: post #56
hackmiester wrote: post #47

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It's apples and oranges. In 1994 people went over 80mph all the time, and they still do. If you maintain a car well, it will continue to be able to do that. By contrast, though... a PC perfectly maintained from 1994 until now would be hopeless in today's infrastructure.

> a PC perfectly maintained from 1994 until now would be hopeless in today's infrastructure. Not if they upgraded both their hardware and software along the way. Even without upgrades, their computer might function just fine, but they should not expect to browse websites created with technologies that were not yet dreamed of when their computer was born. People expect to make phone calls on their 5 year old phones, b…

> Not if they upgraded both their hardware and software along the way.

The "upgrades" necessary would be a new computer in all but case, so unless your name is Theseus, you've got a new computer.

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Post by pikachu_is_cool »

sfeng wrote: post #28
soup10 wrote: post #22

1.22% of your users is probably like 1 person lol. Gj gaming hacker news to reach the many nurses that visit here.

You think they only have 82 users?

No, he thinks that they only have 81.9672131148 users, you idiot. Read the post next time.
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