Comments on: Why IE6 isn’t going away any time soon http://andrewduck.name/2010/04/why-ie6-isnt-going-away-any-time-soon/ Musing of Life, Work and Play In Transit by Andrew Duck Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:11:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: andrewduck http://andrewduck.name/2010/04/why-ie6-isnt-going-away-any-time-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-1289 andrewduck Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:02:32 +0000 http://andrewduck.name/?p=594#comment-1289 Yes well that would certainly would have been one approach that could have worked. ActiveX should never have really made it to the internet - but to take it away completely didn't help anybody. <br><br>Microsoft has never been very good at cutting the tether on old technologies, there is simply too much money in maintaining legacy systems for clients who resist change. Yes well that would certainly would have been one approach that could have worked. ActiveX should never have really made it to the internet – but to take it away completely didn't help anybody.

Microsoft has never been very good at cutting the tether on old technologies, there is simply too much money in maintaining legacy systems for clients who resist change.

]]> By: gggeek http://andrewduck.name/2010/04/why-ie6-isnt-going-away-any-time-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-1288 gggeek Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:59:28 +0000 http://andrewduck.name/?p=594#comment-1288 that's why ms should have forked the codebase long ago to INTRAnet explorer, where activex are left roaming wild and complete compatibility of the layout engine is assured forever, and INTERnet explorer, where they adopt standards much as everybody else does... that's why ms should have forked the codebase long ago to INTRAnet explorer, where activex are left roaming wild and complete compatibility of the layout engine is assured forever, and INTERnet explorer, where they adopt standards much as everybody else does…

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