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Microsoft was just hedging their bets. Development of IE was specifically to take Netscape down. Once they had won a majority of the web browser market they p
by dstein 16y ago
Microsoft was just hedging their bets. Development of IE was specifically to take Netscape down. Once they had won a majority of the web browser market they put it into Windows-style "churn" mode, where they release new garbage versions without any innovations or improvements.
- yuhong 16y agoTo be more precise, they tied IE development to Windows and forced on mostly adding features like the pop-up blocker and improving security, resulting in IE6 SP2 being only part of XP SP2.