Microsoft Edge has inherited many of Internet Explorer’s security holes

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Looking at recent patch lists for IE and Edge has me wondering how many of IE’s warts will continue to haunt us InfoWorld Woody on Windows
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So, bottom line is don’t leave Firefox!

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Since Windows 95 Microsoft has made it a policy to meld their OS and internet browser. The DOJ took them to court over this policy, and MS had to step back a bit from the level of integration that they wanted.

Microsoft’s bullheaded determination to lock their browser to their OS after all these years is hurting them in numerous ways, but the main one in regards to this article is their unwillingness to kill off legacy compatibility.

I suggest they divorce Edge from Windows and make it OS independent and spread the love to iOS, Android, OS X, ChromeOS, and Linux. The demands of going with this approach will greatly enhance its performance and security, as it will force them to be competitive with other browsers.

For the other side of the house, the legacy corporate side, continue IE development. Go back to the Win95 days and allow it to use undocumented APIs, make it run considerably faster than any other browser could on Windows, allow IE to seamly interface with Office Online, and create an Azure centric IE system.

Or not, but either way mighty Microsoft, as every household name of the past has found, will find that they can’t continue to hold on to the past and hope to survive the future.

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@Pronounce Would have made a lot more sense to segregate anything browser based from the OS. Certainly is not secure for a long list of reasons. I remember when they pushed IE4 into the OS. If IE has a problem, chances are so does the GUI in the OS. From the Admin side of things would have made sense years ago to improve upon the base things that they had in place. I.E. improving DHCP, which they apparently made strides to do so in Server 2012. So 9 years later. They don’t pay attention and that’ll be what kills them.

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