From: "Gary Britt" 

Firefox is looking better and better.

Gary

"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
news:429a4bfd{at}w3.nls.net...
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/05/27/422721.aspx
>
> "Windows 2000 moves into Extended Support after June 30th
>
> There are two important events that will happen to the support policy
> for Windows 2000 after June 30th of this year.
>
> First, support for both IE 5.01 SP3 and IE 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP3
> will expire. Users running IE 5.01 or IE 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 should
> upgrade to Windows 2000 SP4 in order to continue to receive security
> updates.
>
> Second, Windows 2000 SP4 moves from mainstream to extended support. The
> key difference between mainstream support and extended support which I
> think is most relevant to this audience is this quote from the lifecycle
> site: "Microsoft will not accept requests for warranty support, design
> changes, or new features during the Extended support phase." We will of
> course continue to keep our Windows 2000 SP4 customers secure with
> security updates through the life of Windows 2000 (through 2010). There
> are a few other differences between the two support models which you can
> read about at the lifecycle site. You may also want to read my previous
> post about Windows’ lifecycle.
>
> It should be no surprise that we do not plan on releasing IE7 for
> Windows 2000. One reason is where we are in the Windows 2000 lifecycle.
> Another is that some of the security work in IE7 relies on operating
> system functionality in XPSP2 that is non-trivial to port back to
> Windows 2000.
>
> Please note that these lifecycle changes are only for IE on Windows
> 2000. For questions about other versions of IE (IE for PocketPC, IE for
> Mac), please consult the lifecycle site for the latest expiration dates."
>
>
> Adam

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