Re:Microsoft shoots down Google's Dart
by rbanffy on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @04:53PM
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> Microsoft has long since lost the ability to shape the face of the web.
In a sense, it did. There are tons of IE6 installations in companies that built "web-based" applications that run only on IE6 and they won't upgrade to newer Microsoft browsers soon. OTOH, IE6+7+8+9 still has a huge percentage of the market and some flavor of IE comes pre-installed on about every desktop computer sold and web developers still have to cope with partial or incorrect support for many newer standards.
In a sense, it did. There are tons of IE6 installations in companies that built "web-based" applications that run only on IE6 and they won't upgrade to newer Microsoft browsers soon. OTOH, IE6+7+8+9 still has a huge percentage of the market and some flavor of IE comes pre-installed on about every desktop computer sold and web developers still have to cope with partial or incorrect support for many newer standards.