"Goodbye, Internet Explorer."
- Internet Explorer (IE) of Microsoft (MS), which used to be synonymous with web browsers, has virtually stepped out of the process after a quarter-century of its launch. Microsoft plans to focus on the Microsoft Edge, a web browser released in 2015. IE once dominated the market, but in the 2010s, open-source-based Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, etc. gave up the throne with more convenient features.
- On the 17th, Microsoft announced through the developer community that Microsoft 365 (M365) apps and services would not be available in the current version of IE (IE11) from August 17, a year later. From November 30 this year, Microsoft's collaboration tool 'Teams' will no longer be available.
- M365 is a cloud-based subscription office program. Home and business users can use various apps based on artificial intelligence (AI) technology and cloud for a certain amount of money. It is a service that includes all of Microsoft's flagship apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive. Teams is a messenger-based collaboration tool that supports video conferencing. All of them are cloud services that Microsoft is pushing as its flagship.
- From that date, Microsoft said that M365 and Teams would not be available in IE11, but IE11 will not disappear. Microsoft's lifecycle documentation states that IE11 follows the Windows 10 lifecycle policy.
- However, as Microsoft officially declared that its core service could not be used in IE, the reason for existing users to continue to use IE has disappeared. An industry insider predicted, "It is highly likely to induce IE users to switch to the edge."
- IE's position is gradually narrowing, with YouTube also not supporting IE since March. However, there are still many websites and services optimized for IE, so an upgrade is needed. There are still many companies that can access enterprise resource planning (ERP), intranet, even some web development companies, etc. only with older IEs, so if support for IE decreases, there is a possibility of confusion.
- IE debuted in 1995. At the time, the absolute power in the web browser market was Netscape's Navigator. Netscape was once dominant as a navigator, occupying 90% of the web browser market. On August 24, 15 days after Netscape went public on August 9, 1995, Microsoft unveiled IE and Windows 95.
- IE received lower ratings than Navigator at the beginning of its release. However, it started catching up with Navigator thanks to the powerful advantage that it comes standard with the Windows operating system (OS). The function was also updated steadily. As a result, for the first time in 1998, IE's share overturned the Navigator. In the same year, Netscape handed over management to America Online (AOL).
- Although Microsoft ranked first in the market, it was immediately faced with a crisis due to the controversy over 'selling in.' In 1998, the US Department of Justice sued Microsoft for violating the antitrust law. This is the reason for unfair competition in the web browser market by using Windows' market monopoly position. Microsoft was ruled to split the company in the first trial, but it was avoided after the appeal trial. However, in the process, it earned the stigma of being a monopoly company, and founder Bill Gates, who was then CEO, was withdrawn from the front line of management.
Conclusion
IE continued to win even in the 2000s. However, the downhill road began in 2004 with Firefox's appearance, an open-source web browser of the Mozilla Foundation, where core members of Netscape participated. In 2008, when Google released Chrome, it took over IE's share in earnest. IE has lost its popularity due to the closure and weak security represented by ActiveX. IE, which has been the No. 1 market share for over ten years, gave Chrome the No. 1 spot in 2012.
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