>When Microsoft chose to neglect the web after IE6, it didn't take that long for competition to work around it We have different definitions of long, and perha

>When Microsoft chose to neglect the web after IE6, it didn't take that long for competition to work around it We have different definitions of long, and perhaps very different memories of the web from the years 2001-2012[0] almost a decade for any real traction for competing web browsers to put a dent in Microsoft, and that is after the anti-trust trial and the EU browser ballot mandate. Don't forget, it was so entrenched that even by 2015 IE had over 1/3 of browser share, really only defeated by Google Chrome (which had the infamous "kill IE" initiative[1]) in 2013 or there about. To put it simply, a decade of dominance is a long time. [0]: Data supports that Internet Explorer had majority market-share up through the first half of 2012 (globally), per https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/worldwide/2012 https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/worldwid... and in North America, it held on to majority position through at least 2013. [1]: https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/4/18529381/google-youtube-internet-explorer-6-kill-plot-engineer https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/4/18529381/google-youtube-in...