Now, everyone knows that the only value of an operating system (OS, like Microsoft or mac) is the software that is available to you. If less software is available to it, then it will suffer because of that. Like mac for example. Its system is just as good as, if not better then Windows. But Windows takes up the majority, (90% of all computers, while mac is only 2.3%) from a program designers point of view, it makes sense to make for windows, instead of macs.

Well, since Windows is the majority, designers designed software for Windows. And Microsoft did everything it could to make designing for them as easy as possible. They did everything they could. They released free software (visual basic) to aid designers in the making of code, upon other things. But, they kept on overdoing it, ruining their API (a list of functions for software designers to use to call certain things, like saving a file, or making a drop down menu thing for "file", "edit" etc.) So the coders, decided they were sick of it. They didn't want to learn any new languages, didn't want to use the "basic" software. So they did the one and easiest thing.

They switched to web design, to make web applications. Easy access for everyone. The Internet isn't picky about what OS you use. It was the perfect idea. But windows didn't like it. If web applications were available to everyone, then people wouldn't need to use windows anymore.

So Windows, being the people they are, decided to take advantage of the fact their the majority. Everyone uses Internet explorer. So, lets make it hard on the web designers.

And thus they did. They made their browser have very bad support for virtually everything. making very hard to code the for the web too. So, when you design a web application, you have to make it special for IE. Giving Microsoft more leverage to make people switch to their product. Not only that, its denying you more web applications, possibly free alternatives you could use on any computer. By using Internet Explorer you tell everyone that you don't support the standards. And think what would happen if every browser does everything however it feels?

They also stopped adding new things too. A new version hasn't come out in 5 years. The only update that wasn't for security was Service pack 2. Though version 7 is coming out within the year (though, I doubt it will be much better)

Is this Microsoft's revenge against the leaving designers? Very possible. Also, I think they felt threatened and scared. Now that their API is dead

So, what can you do to give the Internet new hope for the future? Well, You can switch browsers. For Security reasons; to unstunt the Internets growth. For many reasons.

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