This is not surprising considering two points:
1) M$ products still rule the desktop 2) Folks that tend to use those products tend to be poor at upgrading and keeping patches up <i.e. the code red and nimda worms> Thanks, Ron DuFresne On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thank you for your responses. It is interesting to see that there are still > some IE4 users out there (albeit very few), so as you both say, its too soon > to drop it. > > We still have all our public non-ssl sites on distinct IP numbers so that > any users of http 1.0 browsers can access all our sites. I imagine there are > far fewer of those about. Speaking personally, if anyone can't access any of > our sites with IE4, I won't be trying to fix it! > > - > John Airey > Internet systems support officer, ITCSD, Royal National Institute for the > Blind, > Bakewell Road, Peterborough PE2 6XU, > Tel.: +44 (0) 1733 375299 Fax: +44 (0) 1733 370848 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Ed Kubaitis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: 11 October 2001 19:14 > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Ditching support for IE4 with Apache-mod_ssl > > > > > >-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> I've noticed recently that Microsoft no longer support any > >version of IE > >> lower than IE5.01 (specifically SP2 with the Q295106 > >hotfix). As there are > >> some serious issues with IE3, like the now expired root > >certificates, isn't > >> now a good time to stop supporting browser sessions with IE4? > >> > >> I would not be surprised if any future updates to IIS > >prevent these from > >> working, so why should mod_ssl worry about a now unsupported > >browser that > >> creates so many posts to this list? > >> > >> Obviously I realise that there are many users still using > >IE4 and below, > >> hence this does need some consideration. > >> > >> What do people think? > >> > > > >Too soon to drop IE4 support in my opinion. Here are stats > >based on a recent sample of 148,000 different host addresses > >visiting a web server here that indicate IE4 is still used by > >~5% of IE users and ~4% of all users: > > > >http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/bstats/latest-month.html > > > >-- > >Ed Kubaitis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >CCSO - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > > > > - > > NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is > confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the > intended recipient you are hereby notified that you must not use, > disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email's content. If > you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender > immediately and then delete the email and any attachments from your > system. > > RNIB has made strenuous efforts to ensure that emails and any > attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses. However, it > cannot accept any responsibility for any viruses which are > transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. > > Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email > and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of RNIB. > > RNIB Registered Charity Number: 226227 > > Website: http://www.rnib.org.uk > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ admin & senior consultant: darkstar.sysinfo.com http://darkstar.sysinfo.com "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart testing, only testing, and damn good at it too! ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
