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Is it still conspiracy theory to suggest that they are the ones with the most to lose from a universally reliable JS and HTML implementation, so they should wan
by WilliamLP 17y ago
Is it still conspiracy theory to suggest that they are the ones with the most to lose from a universally reliable JS and HTML implementation, so they should want to do enough to keep IE competitive, but not enough to make it fully compatible with everyone else?
- etherealG 17y agoI think they will way the possibility of maintaining control through developers choosing their implementation over one the other engines choose to user. If they see a chance for developers to pick their standard they'll push it, if not they'll back off and adopt the other one. It can be seen in the history of the engines, and will continue that way. Like evolution of standards, the most awesome ones according to developers live, the others die.
- rbanffy 17y agoMicrosoft walks a fine line between having a browser that's broken enough so that web apps written and tested for it break on other browsers and a browser functional enough not to drive users to move to better products.