Comments: So, Microsoft starts over... good for them

I had to use IE for a few years because Netscape stopped their browser work completely while Mozilla was nowhere near ready to pick up where they stopped. IMO, it was the decision that lost the Browser War.

Posted by Tsee at September 24, 2005 5:25 PM

Looks to me like they didn't start over in the way NS6/7 contained almost none of the code of NS4.x. More like they changed the way they revised/added code to the existing base.

Posted by Somebody at September 24, 2005 5:27 PM

There is a good article explaining the reasons why:
http://arstechnica.com/columns/linux/collins-interview.ars/2

Posted by bernd at September 24, 2005 10:40 PM

I would have thought this article is about internet explorer but instead its about ms/windows in general... They should realy do the IE rendering engine all over again.

Posted by Swatinem at September 25, 2005 1:01 AM

they didnt scrap their current work. they just changed the methods how the work there

Posted by mat at September 25, 2005 1:11 AM

The article you refer to it could probably be this one:

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html

ciao

Posted by Antonio at September 25, 2005 5:36 AM