Microsoft Busting Its Own Browser+OS Myth

An anonymous reader writes "Longtime Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley used her Redmond magazine column this month to point out that after years of arguing that the browser is 'inextricably linked' to the operating system, the company's current push to get users to drop IE 6 for newer versions, plus IE's separate release schedule, are disproving its own argument. From the article: 'Microsoft has insisted that its browser is part of Windows, and, ironically, that's coming back to haunt the company. Customers can mix and match different versions of IE with different versions of Windows. ... But Microsoft has done very little to get this message out there. I'd argue this is because it makes plain the absurdity of the company's claims that IE is part of Windows.'"

Comments

Re:Why should they care now?

[Dragonslicer]

It's almost like there's some kind of Application Programming Interface layer there. Wouldn't that be new and interesting?

New and interesting, you say? You should apply for a patent!

Re:Why should they care now?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm afraid geology and deep web isn't something I have experience in, so any pointers would be helpful.

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You're welcome.

Re:Nobody believed it at the time

[Bai jie]

I've posted instructions on how to remove lynx. Its in jpeg format.