I wonder if it was operation or legacy software side that screwed up security potential of Edge. Microsoft did publish a design for strong security of browsers

I wonder if it was operation or legacy software side that screwed up security potential of Edge. Microsoft did publish a design for strong security of browsers around the time Google did Native Client. Here was Microsoft's: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/the-multi-principal-os-construction-of-the-gazelle-web-browser/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/the-mul... Here's recent work on securing networked apps: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/osdi14/osdi14-paper-hawblitzel.pdf https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/osdi14/osdi14... They're capable of making most of a browser immune to attacks likely to hit it. They can also make a strong system for containment. These simply weren't present in Edge to degree MS Research had designed. There's something blocking the transfer of those quite-practical tech that MS Research has been building.