> With IE, Microsoft was influencing what the web was viewed with Microsoft was trying (and succeeding) for the web not to be a preferable API to Win32, so as

> With IE, Microsoft was influencing what the web was viewed with Microsoft was trying (and succeeding) for the web not to be a preferable API to Win32, so as to keep that way a high barrier to entry into the OS business. Which is why IE was squarely against standards.