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Is it Facebook's fault that you're still using IE6 at work?
Microsoft thinks you should upgrade your browser, too. The same security guy implied that keeping IE6 just to block Facebook is a total cop out when you could just talk to your employees about acceptable uses of company time, and then upgrade them to the faster, more secure IE8. I'll go ahead and say what Microsoft can't: this IE6 policy is asinine. I don't know who these companies are, but I feel terrible for anyone who has to work for them.
[via ZDNet]
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Subscribe to commentsaMIGA_dUDEJun 1st 2010 9:44AM
The very same business's that are using IE6 to stop people using Facebook are run by some very dumb IT as not able to edit a hosts file. I hope there systems get virus and because of that they go about business. LOL
facebook.com 127.0.0.1
fbcnd.net 127.0.0.1
Wow look how very complex that would be!
robertJun 1st 2010 9:43AM
That's just lazy IT, try a firewall or proxy server.
216Jun 1st 2010 9:46AM
They just need to blacklist Facebook.com from their own network
JamusJun 1st 2010 9:53AM
Speaking for "dumb IT".... Many things can be done, but when actually done, get thrown back in our face because simply just talking to your employees about acceptable uses of company time doesn't do squat unless company management actually follows through. Especially when a company has decided that it needs a Facebook web presence even though they then can't see it since they banned Facebook from the comp network.
EdJun 1st 2010 10:47AM
Unfortunately it isn't as simple as dumb IT. We have several web based apps that do not work in IE7 or IE8. These will eventually be replaced with newer software but in the interim no one is going to pay to implement software changes just to satisfy Microsoft.
Drew GreenJun 1st 2010 11:20AM
The upgrades are not to satisfy Microsoft. They're for your own protection.
PeterJun 2nd 2010 5:48PM
@Ed - "These will eventually be replaced with newer software"
IE7 was released 3.5 years ago. What's your definition of "eventually?"
As Drew pointed out, if you aren't aware of the massive security improvement either browser is over IE6, then you get what you deserve.
RichardJun 1st 2010 11:26AM
The problem is Oracle Financials. A behemoth of a system which covers everything from payrole to invoices to holiday allocations.
Upgrading it is extremely complicated (as it hooks into almost every part of a companies workflow) and extremely expensive.
Most companies simply cannot justify the impacts (financially and operationally) of upgrading this to the latest version just so everyone can start using IE7 or IE8.
styroeJun 1st 2010 1:08PM
Well, as a user of Oracle at work, I find that dumb IT and Oracle go hand in hand.
AnthonyJun 2nd 2010 2:20AM
The problem lies in the fact that you are using Oracle, sir. If your company couldn't have been bothered to find better software that would not force you to diffuse a bomb every time you needed to upgrade, then your boss should be smacked around a bit with a rather large trout. Sticking with IE6 is just plain stupid!
Crazy SerbJun 1st 2010 11:32AM
"I don't know who these companies are, but I feel terrible for anyone who has to work for them."
Try all major Canadian banks.
Windows 2000 and IE6 is still in place in 95% of them.
And yes, dumb IT policies are to blame.
ZargggJun 1st 2010 3:54PM
My former employer switched over to Firefox for all company computers years ago.
hectormaciasa79Jun 1st 2010 10:03PM
Just block the damn thing and fire anybody trying to access.