Microsoft blames Google and makes 'adjustments' to IE11 on Windows 8.1

Re:Microsoft blames Google and makes 'adjustments' to IE11 o... by AaronFriel on Saturday October 19, 2013 @06:08PM (#6578097)

Slow down there - that list is hardly a "quirks-mode" list and there's no reason to believe a change in behavior was malicious by either party. You're assuming that list was recently changed by Microsoft for the purpose of what - ruining customer's experiences of using Windows 8.1? Tarnish Google's reputation?

There are so many assumptions at work here that I don't think it's reasonable to conclude any malice.

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Re:Microsoft blames Google and makes 'adjustments' to IE11 o... by SEMW on Saturday October 19, 2013 @09:58PM (#6578715)

> You're assuming that list was recently changed by Microsoft for the purpose of what - ruining customer's experiences of using Windows 8.1? Tarnish Google's reputation?

I'm not assuming that, and I haven't concluded malice on MS's part. I worded the comment to emphasize the ridiculousness of concluding malice on Google's part, but didn't mean to imply I thought there was malice the other way. Apologies if I misled you.

Relevant: Hanlon's razor[1].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor

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Re:Microsoft blames Google and makes 'adjustments' to IE11 o... by AaronFriel on Sunday October 20, 2013 @10:01AM (#6579907)

Apologies to you then - and I'm fond of Hanlon's razor myself.

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