
Microsoft has drawn some criticism after confirming that it will not make the next version of Internet Explorer available to users of its Windows 2000 operating system. In a blog posting, a Microsoft employee confirmed that the company <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9590_22-5729544.html?tag=zdnn.alert">would not be releasing IE 7 for Windows 2000,</A> as this would involve a lot of work for an operating system that is in the later stages of its lifecycle.