Is this the correct interpretation of Microsoft's claim of support for IE6?

Question

I read questions about Stackoverflow and plowed it several times through the MS website, and it is not at all clear what kind of official statement of support for IE6 is. Here is the result of my research - only for posterity - and my question is whether this is the correct interpretation, and if not, why?

It appears to be considered part of O / S and, as such, falls under the support life cycle for these products. There are several circular links on the Microsoft support website between the declared support life cycle for service packs and the statements about the individual components.

Here is an IE 6 instruction that refers to a common political operator.

This Microsoft Note on IE6 after the release of IE7 associates it with XP SP2, Win2k SP4, and Server03 SP1.

XP SP2 was replaced by SP3, the release date of which was April 21, 2008, and the support link for this was inconclusive, since it was not the last release of the service pack for XP, which means that we returned to the general support lifecycle instruction, which is the same for XP SP3, as for IE6 + XP SP3.

Win2k SP4 follows exactly the same path, but has an earlier release date, so it cannot defeat XP SP3.

Server 2003 SP1 is replaced by Service Pack 2 (SP2), which had a release date of March 13, 2007, also prior to XP SP3.

So, it looks like XP SP3 supports IE6.

So, now I understand the Microsoft policy regarding support for products and service packs, which is less clear to me. On this page , life cycle support is suggested that it has a 5 year backbone, 5 year life cycle support phase. The release date for IE6 IE6 is December 31, 2001, which means that it expires at the end of this year.

However, since it seems to be connected to XP, and there were service packs, it also falls under this part of the policy. The service pack life cycle policy (I can’t bookmark the tab, you need to click on the page to show the div) offers 24 months because it is a Windows client product. After SP3 there was no SP, so it will be 24 months after April 21, 2008, that is, April 21, 2010.

Thus, according to my estimates, the longest they may require support is December 31, 2011, using a ten-year extended life cycle support policy based on its release date.

Is it correct?

If so, there will be a huge party in my country on New Year's Eve.

Answer 1

I would not call this Microsoft-owned site "support" of Internet Explorer 6.0:

http://www.ie6countdown.com/

Answer 2

In my opinion, the question of whether MS will continue to support IE 6 is almost pointless. De facto they discount it .

The only possible impact on proprietary web systems integrators designed for a very small number of corporate dinosaur organizations that will eventually migrate to IE 8 on their old systems, because some vice presidents since MS no longer closes their ass, they should finally be updated. A very small amount.

Answer 3

MS wants IE6 to die just like everyone else. I would suggest looking at your target user base to determine the weather or not to support it for your projects. For me, the default is not to support it at all, unless the client requests it, or if there is a significant user base in IE6 using this site, and we decided to support them for this particular project.

Generally speaking, these days it’s quite rare to have a large user base that supports such an old browser.

I would not define MS policy in this decision at all.

Answer 4

I'm not sure that this will help you at all, but if you look at the images of developers in which Microsoft uses states that the image will become completely useless after November 17, 2011. New Years still seem like a good time for a party, though