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In 1998, Microsoft asserts that their browser was an inherent component of the operating system and could not be extracted. In 2020, Microsoft miraculously defi
by Maursault 4y ago
In 1998, Microsoft asserts that their browser was an inherent component of the operating system and could not be extracted. In 2020, Microsoft miraculously defies the impossible! What can't Microsoft do?
- tester756 4y agoWell, 22 years of refactor make things possible ;)
- justinclift 4y agoOr they were just lying, which they seem to do a lot of.
- jaywalk 4y agoUhhh, how about the fact that it's taken 20+ years and the development of an entirely new browser to finally begin the extraction of IE from the OS?
- watermelon0 4y agoGoing forward, Microsoft Edge WebView2 will probably be inherent component of Windows, so they will just replace one browser for another. For the time being, I assume EdgeHTML is still present, since I assume this is used for the compatibility mode in Edge (and for legacy WebViews).
- jeroenhd 4y agoWindows Explorer was based on IE. It's quite obvious how tight the integration was. And it was a good idea, to be honest. They've done plenty of anticompetitive shit, but the IE integration into Windows has only ever improved Windows.