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Re: Microsoft considered renaming Internet Explorer to escape its checkered past

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RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On 2014-08-16, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

> >    Renaming the browser could be seen as a way of breaking from the
> >    past and distancing the new, actively maintained,
> >    standards-driven browser from this legacy. The team was asked if
> >    it had considered such a renaming, and the answer was yes. The
> >    browser developers didn't completely rule out the possibility
> >    for the future, either, noting that the discussion was "very
> >    recent" and asking rhetorically "Who knows what the future holds
> >    :)"

> Interesting article.  It would otherwise have some merit, but when
> you simply rename a turd, it's still a turd.

Very true.  Sadly however, for the vast majority of the "computer user
population" (i.e., those who have a GeekSquad contract to
de-virus-infest their machines once a month), simply changing the name
would lead them to believe it is something all new, and not rather the
same old turd with a different name.

> I strongly believe, however, that the IE brand name is irreparably
> tarnished, and frankly Windows is kind of tarnished too.  Too many
> security issues lead people to worry that with Windows they're
> vulnerable in ways they don't understand.

Very true, but I wonder how may of the "computer user population"
actually understand that the reason why they even need the monthly
GeekSquad cleaning is because they are running Windows and/or IE in the
first place.  Probably a sum total of zero.

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Microsoft considered renaming Internet Explorer to escape its checkered past Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-16 06:35 +0000
  Re: Microsoft considered renaming Internet Explorer to escape its checkered past RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-16 19:28 +0000
    Re: Microsoft considered renaming Internet Explorer to escape its checkered past Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-16 19:42 +0000

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