# End of an era

<datetime class="hidden">2004-04-22T00:00</datetime>
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So, Microsoft is stopping development of IE on the Mac...http://tantek.com/log/2003/06.html#L20030613t1318.
It has also announced that no new versions of IE will exist before longhorn. This
is a very odd situation and the implications of this decision are showing already,
Mozilla is now on the rise (Firebird / Phoenix now seem like pretty appropriate names!).
The essential point of MS's arguement seems to be that they believe users want a more
intefrated experience than is currently possible in IE - umm...no, AOL which is just
that integrated experience is losing users in droves, all the big portals have closed
down. I have to disagree and I sincerely believe that MS are going to regret this
in the long run. 

Update: Seems my opinion is shared by many: http://dotnetguy.techieswithcats.com/archives/003415.shtml