Microsoft Employees Ponder the Fate of Internet Explorer - OSNews.com

✎ Published: 2006-01-05 10:30:30

Concerns are growing among Microsoft employees regarding the development pace and priorities for Internet Explorer 7. A revealing exchange highlights the confusion about resource allocation, questioning why significant effort was initially devoted to Internet Explorer if the focus is now on profitability. The situation raises critical questions about the browser's future and direction within the company.

Microsoft Employees Ponder the Fate of Internet Explorer - OSNews.com

More and more Microsoft employees are concerned about the speed and the priorities with which Internet Explorer 7 is being developed. Although we all know by now that Microsoft has started working on IE7 again, it's still unknown in how far they'll tune it so it complies with the W3C's specs.
One interesting quote from the linked discussion is the following one from an Ex Mac-IE developer at Microsoft:

Over the whole sad journey, the single most surprising thing I ever discovered was from a small conversation that went:

Me: "Look, if it makes sense to devote dozens of people to WinIE, then surely it makes sense to devote half a dozen to MacIE!"

Higher-up: (confused look) "There aren't dozens of people on WinIE. WinIE had some great people on it! We need those great people on products that make money!"

Me: "Then why on earth did we pursue IE in the first place? Just so that the DOJ would sue us?"

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