Microsoft IE7.0 Details Leak Out

By Ian Bell March 16, 2005

“On Microsoft’s IE group blog, company officials acknowledged they had received some requests for an IE refresh for older versions of Windows, including Windows 2000. The response? “Right now, we’re focused on XP SP2. We’re actively listening to our major Windows 2000 customers about what they want and comparing that to the engineering and logistical complexity of that work,” posted Dean Hachamovitch, the head of the IE team.

Hachamovitch added that Microsoft is now discussing its plans for an IE 7.0 release “because our customers and partners have asked us, with increasing urgency, what our plans are. We want to convey our intentions to our customers and partners clearly and in a timely way. “”

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