I remember previously when Microsoft Vista was released, even Microsoft internally was not able to use Vista because it breaks a lot of their applications. That is why one of the main reasons why Vista is so unpopular among the corporate world.
Now many organisations are shifting towards web-based applications. That would mean that now theoretically, they should be able to upgrade their operating system without any impact to their in-house applications.
Now comes Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), and surprise!! Microsoft.com is not compatible with IE8. Does that sound familiar? This news might look small, but this I feel has a huge impact on the corporate world.
Using Singapore as an example, many in-house applications are only designed to work with only one internet browser, and that is Internet Explorer. I've seen many poorly designed web applications that could only work with one browser. Try to use any other browser and the application will not work to its full potential. Some applications might not even submit.
Just imagine... All those in-house applications might just stop working once IE8 is out. Let's not forget that Microsoft products internally is also using IE. Will those applications stop working properly once IE8 is out? The news that Microsoft.com is not compatible with IE8 doesn't give much confidence to their internal products compatibility.
As someone who has the experience of trying to make web applications work on all 4 browsers, IE8, Firefox, Opera and Safari, I can assure you... It's not easy, especially if your UI is fanciful, and you're using CSS layout.
So what will happen to IE8? It will go the way of Vista, most probably.
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