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> Microsoft tried [...] and failed. They didn't fail, they quit. You can't build something as enormous and complex as a modern and performant web browser that
by raydev 5y ago
> Microsoft tried [...] and failed.
They didn't fail, they quit. You can't build something as enormous and complex as a modern and performant web browser that keeps up with modern standards for only 3.5 years.
They did the same with Windows Phone but worse, since they had to reset development twice or three times and there was a growing ecosystem of third party apps that got tossed around.
That's not trying. Microsoft doesn't try, they make very brief attempts and then give up just as soon as people start paying attention to them.
- anamax 5y ago> They didn't fail, they quit. You can't build something as enormous and complex as a modern and performant web browser that keeps up with modern standards for only 3.5 years. Not so fast. Edge was more "performant" but Google, specifically YouTube, screwed them. Microsoft has seen this before from the other side, namely "Windows isn't done until Lotus won't run".