Patent affair forces Microsoft till update HE
In expectation of a definitive pronunciation in the Eolas-patent affair, Microsoft an update of Internet has Explore released for the large public.
Through the adaptation, the browser goes around manner on someone else with plugin-technologies, as ActiveX-controls or Flash-animaties. Surfers will must click after the update an extra time to look at a Flash-animatie or an ActiveX-application to activate.
The update must keep Microsoft to show from further liability in a legal conflict with Eolas Technologies and the University of California about the use of plugins multimedia in a browser. This year start a new trial after a court in occupation an earlier condemnation of Microsoft partly to nought did. A lower court imposed Microsoft then a damages of 500 million dollars.
The adapted version of IE had been announced already in December, but Microsoft gave to lead there the preference at the adaptation gradually at in. Firstly the update available was stolen on MSDN, the website for developers. From today can the large public the update bring in via Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center.
The softwaregiant expects that within four or six months all Internet Explore-users the update will install as part of a securitysupdate. The adapted version is available Server for IE 6 on Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and for Windows 2003 with Socialist Party 1.