Microsoft is going forward with new upgrades and updates this early 2015. Aside from their upcoming Office 2016, Microsoft recently stated that they’re giving the infamous Internet Explorer the boot and some surprisingly good news about Windows 10.
Internet Explorer Replaced?
Given that IE is not the most popular choice for browsers, Microsoft decided to add a new browser to its Windows 10 called Project Spartan.
So that being said, IE will not be entirely replaced, but rather being given the cold shoulders from Microsoft. This is due to its legacy support, providing websites with the custom ActiveX controls. But with Microsoft’s eyes on Project Spartan, IE’s disappearance will be inevitable as it may take a while but it will likely happen in the near future.
“Spartan is the browser we expect people will be using on Windows 10. That said, there are a set of businesses that have built key tools on top of Internet Explorer’s legacy extensibility model (e.g. custom ActiveX, toolbars, browser helper objects, etc.). So Internet Explorer will be made available on Windows 10 for some enterprise Web applications that require a higher degree of backward compatibility,”
Jacob Rossi, Microsoft senior program manager
Windows 10 For Free!
As you may all know it, Windows 10 is planned to be released this summer. And we all know that some updates and upgrades are just too sexy to ignore. By that time, you would have probably thought of how you’re going to get one; maybe save some cash and grab yourself a genuine copy or, maybe just stick to what is cheap and submit to piracy. However, getting the pirate copy will not be necessary as Windows 10 is going to be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8, whether these were genuine copies or not!
But there’s a catch, a Microsoft spokesperson stated:
“We believe customers over time will realize the value of properly licensing Windows and we will make it easy for them to move to legitimate copies.”
This could probably mean that genuine users are privileged to some added features on this future OS. But as long as there won’t be too many limitations, I won’t complain. Come to think of it, there’s actually nothing to complain about. In fact, this bold move could probably cost them billions, if not millions. So I guess we could say that we will owe them a big “thank you” note rather than being ungrateful when that time arrives. We’ll soon see and find out!
