[Am-info] MS IE "announcement": no more standalone?

[T. Guilbert]

Internet Explorer Program Manager Brian Countryman in a May 7th chat
on the MS Web site discussed the changes made to Internet Explorer for
Windows Server 2003:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itcommunity/chats/trans/ie/ie0507.asp

Microsoft appears to have announced that IE 6 SP1 is the last
standalone version of IE that will ever be released.  Henceforth,
upgrades to IE can be obtained only by upgrading the OS.  That's
right:  if you want IE 7, and but you're running Windows 2000 or
Windows XP, you are SOL.  Of course, it may just be a trial balloon to
see if the Bush Administration is still eating out of MS's hand.  

See yesterday's CNET article as Redmond, accused of violating promises
to users, throws up a fog of confusion on what the intentions really
are: 

http://news.com.com/2009-1083_3-1013874.html?tag=fd_lede2_hed

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