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Got a message from security people at work, MS has released an update fixing a serious securtity problem with IE. The update is forced upon every one of the more than 15000 PC's we run today at noon. Normally the users are given a couple of days before they have to update and updates are usually done in the evening. But not this time, which will annoy a lot of users, since their work will be interrupted.
And now for the unavoidable question: Why do we still use IE? Fact is, we haven't got much choice. We have a lot of very specialized systems at hospitals, several of them use web browsers, and several of them support only IE (since it's still the most common browser). Some of them may work with other browsers, but the vendor won't support it. Or they may support it, for a price. And no, we can't eliminate vendors just because their systems require IE.
For similar reasons we had to wait several years before switching from Windows Xp to Windows 7. And Windows 10 will probably have to wait a couple of years. (As an enterprise we are not part of the upgrade for free available to regular users).
pibbur who is happy because he works at the software development group, and is therefore allowed to install things other users can only dream of. Including win 10.
And now for the unavoidable question: Why do we still use IE? Fact is, we haven't got much choice. We have a lot of very specialized systems at hospitals, several of them use web browsers, and several of them support only IE (since it's still the most common browser). Some of them may work with other browsers, but the vendor won't support it. Or they may support it, for a price. And no, we can't eliminate vendors just because their systems require IE.
For similar reasons we had to wait several years before switching from Windows Xp to Windows 7. And Windows 10 will probably have to wait a couple of years. (As an enterprise we are not part of the upgrade for free available to regular users).
pibbur who is happy because he works at the software development group, and is therefore allowed to install things other users can only dream of. Including win 10.
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