[dba-Tech] Why is IE6 still here?

Here, buy this cheap copy of Windows...

Now, I've also got a list of hundreds of commercial windows packages here plus lots of 
games all of which run on the Windows you just bought. How many of these would you like to 
buy  as well  :-)


-- 
Stuart

On 7 Nov 2011 at 18:25, Tydda Jon - Slough wrote:

> Because it's harder to sell fake copies of Linux? :-P
> 
> 
> Jon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim
> Lawrence Sent: 07 November 2011 17:20 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and
> Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Why is IE6 still here?
> 
> IE6 has been the bane of most web developers for years and has cost
> companies collectively millions of dollars as extra fee that have to
> be charged every time IE6 has to be supported.
> 
> So why does IE6 still exist? In one, word "Asia".
> 
> See the link to the following article:
> http://www.troyhunt.com/2010/08/aye-pirates-be-reason-ie6-just-wont-di
> e.html
> 
> The one point that the article does not mention is that the current
> Windows adoptions, per package runs at about $400.00 (Interestingly,
> an OEM version is about $50 and sold with a computer sells for
> $400.00). All the countries that have not adopted the latest versions
> of Windows are doing so as the entrance fee for the product is
> somewhere around 6 months salary, for most of Asia or the price of a
> car or down payment on a house.
> 
> Aside: I do wonder why the Asian market has not just abandoned Windows
> products and adopted Linux as the OS of choice as FireFox has become
> the world-wide browser of choice...but that is another question that I
> do not have any answers for. If anyone else has, any ideas I would
> love to hear them.
> 
> Jim
> 
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