[OM] OT: Microsoft to Abandon Internet Explorer

[Chris Trask]

     <GASP!>

     I heard about this just yesterday.  Microsoft is going to abandon Internet 
Explorer (IE) and replace it with a new ground-up Spartan browser as of the 
issuance of Win10 or Win11 next year:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2014/1230/Microsoft-builds-IE-s-younger-brother-codenamed-Spartan-report

http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-the-next-version-of-ie-codenamed-spartan-might-support-extensions/#!

http://www.wired.com/2014/12/microsoft-spartan-browser/

http://gizmodo.com/report-microsoft-could-ditch-ie-for-a-new-browser-name-1676038757

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2863878/microsofts-reported-spartan-browser-will-be-lighter-more-flexible-than-internet-explorer.html

     <YAWN!>


Chris

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