Is Microsoft really releasing a new version of IE with support for only 2 major (8.1, 8.2, etc are just service packs anyway) versions of Windows back?
I guess that's good for everyone, though, since it means IE won't have a huge market share anymore.
Your point? XP is essentially on life support at this point, and even that ends in a year. General support for XP ended in 2009. At that point, not supporting it in terms of software compatibility would be fine in my books.
They should say that it comes from being a shitty browser that lacks many apis, tools, extensibility, stability that other browsers have; just to get a cover-up for the first time.
Microsoft has not confirmed IE11 will be supported in any OS other than Windows 8.1.
Older versions of IE, including IE10 on Windows 7, will still require Silverlight, meaning it still will not die.
If this is to be a nail in Silverlight's coffin, it's a very tiny one.
Edit: Per freehunter's comment below, Microsoft has confirmed eventual IE11 support for Windows 7.