World's first 'tax' on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7

[SimonMac]

BBC News - World's first 'tax' on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7

The Australian online retailer Kogan.com has introduced the world's first "tax" on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) browser.

Customers who use IE7 will have to pay an extra surcharge on online purchases made through the firm's site.

I see in their browser choice there is no update IE option, I wonder if anyone will complain about that

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Awesome idea,

I wish all companies would do this to send a message to Microsoft.

[SimonMac]

Awesome idea,

I wish all companies would do this to send a message to Microsoft.

Is it really M$'s fault if someone doesn't upgrade their version of IE?

I wonder how out of date Firefox or Chrome would get if automatic upgrade wasn't turned on by defualt

[Sysman]

El Reg puts a different spin on this one.

Kogan's business model seems to rely on regular injections of attention-gathering controversy, and a quick look at StatCounter suggests this “tax” may again have more to do with capturing the public imagination rather than a real business problem.

Another Ryan Air type.

[SimonMac]

El Reg puts a different spin on this one.



Another Ryan Air type.

Of course its a PR stunt, and its a bloody good one too

[d000hg]

Awesome idea,

I wish all companies would do this to send a message to Microsoft.

MS don't want you to use IE7 either.

[russell]

MS don't want you to use IE7 either.

Download: Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP - Microsoft Download Center - Download Details

Funny way of showing it

[Sysman]

MS don't want you to use IE7 either.

It's still available for download from their site though...

here if you want it



(All I did was search for internet explorer and XP, Bing gave me that )

[Scoobos]

That's there purely for backward compatibility for XP users; it certainly isn't a message that IE7 is recommended.

[doomage]

Oh. This box is using 8.

My trusty(?) win2k box is still running 6.

IE6 is the most secure browser as it's had the most updates.