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Microsoft Is Killing Off the Internet Explorer Brand
An anonymous reader writes: The Verge reports that Internet Explorer as we know it will be taking a back seat to Microsoft's new browser, Project Spartan, in Windows 10 and future projects. IE will still exist, and stick around for compatibility issues, but Project Spartan will be the default way users interact with the internet. Microsoft wants to distance itself with the negative connotations Internet Explorer has acquired through the years. They still haven't decided on an official name for Project Spartan, but it will probably have the company name in it.
Nah, that's too new still. Here's to the new Microsoft Bob.
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In other news, Microsoft is also renaming Windows to something else, although they're not sure what. The version number will start at at least 20, though, to further distance itself from Windows 10.
Microsoft is also seeking to ditch the names Bing and Microsoft.
Microsoft Zilla. MSzilla if you like to abbreviate.
Bing Explorer
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I can't wait to install Chrome faster than I ever have on a new machine.
I'm partial to Spartan Heuristic Internet Transceiver, myself.
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Project Microsoft Spartan, anyone?
Great name and shows Microsoft ownership.
PMS for short.
Works!
It's going to be called "The browser formerly known as Internet Explorer".
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is still a turd.
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I'm thinking Bada. It goes better with their search engine name. They will need another web based product they call Boom.
Bada Bing, Bada Boom.
Hey my browser is actually named.
"Firefox57 Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1) Like Opera and Google Chrome" you insensitive clod. Its hell to escape starting from the CLI.
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MSNIE - Microsoft's Not Internet Explorer Browser
That would just be a cover up.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
It won't be good until Spartan 3.00, at which time it will be able to fight off an entire army of Persian malware.
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