"Why did IE5’s HTML Components never quite catch on? Despite what you might think, it’s not because of a lack of open standards" Actually thats precisely why i

"Why did IE5’s HTML Components never quite catch on? Despite what you might think, it’s not because of a lack of open standards" Actually thats precisely why it never caught on. Source: I was front end developer at one of the big dotcoms ca 2000. Also, its remarkable how many people skimmed this article, and didn't understand that the first part was from 1999. That really says a lot about people's expectations when it comes to Microsoft and web technology.