Jun 16, 2022
Microsoft retires Internet Explorer after 27 years
Microsoft is finally retiring the consumer version of Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer debuted on Windows desktop computers in 1995 and by 2004, had cornered 95% of the market. Microsoft says access to its legacy desktop browser will be maintained on older versions of Windows, including Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Extended Security Updates and limited versions of Windows 10.And Internet Explorer's legacy is sure to live on after its retirement, having come pre-installed on Windows computers for more than two decades. In 1995, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said the launch of Windows 95 - and Internet Explorer with it - would form part of the technology giant's efforts to ride the "Internet tidal wave". While his vision of "a microcomputer on every desk and in every home, running Microsoft software" might now seem reminiscent of a bygone era of dial-up internet, Internet Explorer is set to be remembered as one of the key tools that shaped the way the internet is used and accessed even today.
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