Windows 10: Microsoft to Discontinue Old Internet Explorer Versions in January

Microsoft Edge has got the edge at the moment.

 

It was the Home editions that got the five years of extended support (and Windows 7 Ultimate). Vista Business and 7 Pro editions were always scheduled for the 5 + 5 lifecycle. At the time Microsoft tried to withhold extended support from consumer editions and only give it to business editions. Users protested leading to the lifecycle policy change.

The lifecycle runs from the date of general public availability to the Patch Tuesday of the month following the end of the last full quarter of support. 40 full quarters of support plus the partial quarter in which GPA occurs and the few days of the month with the last Patch Tuesday are guaranteed.

 

Essentially it fits into the US Federal mandate required of all US manufacturers to provide a full 10yrs. of support from the date first available on the market. There's nothing new about seeing that while MS had been seeing their bulk of business over the years from the Corporate world not so much as people think from the consumer side of the equation. But MS had eventually reached into the Private sector further by grabbing hold of the education area as well depriving what had been primarily a certain Fruit company's domain! You can no longer have a "Big Mac Attack"! as they say! *Roflmao2