Comment on Ask HN: How did Microsoft hold back the Internet for 6-7 years?parentComments−tacos11yMicrosoft tied browser development to OS development. After Windows XP (Oct 2001) they didn't release an OS until Vista (Jan 2007). Things far, far more important to Microsoft's overall strategy than HTML parsing stalled during that gap.
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Microsoft tied browser development to OS development. After Windows XP (Oct 2001) they didn't release an OS until Vista (Jan 2007). Things far, far more important to Microsoft's overall strategy than HTML parsing stalled during that gap.