Re: Blackboard and IE Patch

[Gary Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>]

Cal Frye wrote:

> We've gone ahead with the patch, but this is the first I've heard of an issue
> with Blackboard (those folks are in another department ;-)
>
> Microsoft has somewhat bungled this one, but I still regard Blackboard's failure
> to play nice with the patched IE a failure on their part -- Microsoft patches
> are a feature of the landscape, and our network is where the patches need to be
> applied as soon as released, even earlier if possible, as seen in recent months.
>
> Perhaps they should code to be less reliant on Internet Explorer, hm?

Microsoft changed the way core functionality works. The only blame I can
place on vendors is not heeding Microsoft's warnings months ago.

From what I understand, the same functionality change could be required
of other vendors' browsers if they don't pay licensing fees to Ebola.