<story><title>Microsoft Edge&apos;s JavaScript engine to go open-source</title><url>https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/12/05/open-source-chakra-core/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jayflux</author><text>This is very true.
Microsoft are at their best when they&amp;#x27;re the underdog</text></item><item><author>oblio</author><text>Well, historically, when Microsoft was still in competition-mode, Internet Explorer was kicking Netscape&amp;#x27;s ass with the later versions.&lt;p&gt;With the first few versions they were playing catch-up, but if I recall correctly, IE 4 and IE 5 actually had more features and better standards compliance than the current Netscape versions, as did IE 6 at its launch.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;IE hell&amp;quot; started once Microsoft won the race.</text></item><item><author>roddux</author><text>Wait, Edge does better on ES6 coverage than both Chrome and Firefox? Microsoft have seriously stepped up their game, especially seeing as it&amp;#x27;s now neck and neck for performance with Chrome: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;venturebeat.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;browser-benchmark-battle-september-2015-chrome-vs-firefox-vs-edge&amp;#x2F;view-all&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;venturebeat.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;browser-benchmark-battle-s...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cptskippy</author><text>The path is always easier when there&amp;#x27;s someone there to show you the way, and a clear example of where not to go.  Mozilla had a clear path forward with Firefox against IE, and had Navigator as an example of what not to do.  Microsoft is now in that position with Edge.</text></comment>
<story><title>Microsoft Edge&apos;s JavaScript engine to go open-source</title><url>https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/12/05/open-source-chakra-core/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jayflux</author><text>This is very true.
Microsoft are at their best when they&amp;#x27;re the underdog</text></item><item><author>oblio</author><text>Well, historically, when Microsoft was still in competition-mode, Internet Explorer was kicking Netscape&amp;#x27;s ass with the later versions.&lt;p&gt;With the first few versions they were playing catch-up, but if I recall correctly, IE 4 and IE 5 actually had more features and better standards compliance than the current Netscape versions, as did IE 6 at its launch.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;IE hell&amp;quot; started once Microsoft won the race.</text></item><item><author>roddux</author><text>Wait, Edge does better on ES6 coverage than both Chrome and Firefox? Microsoft have seriously stepped up their game, especially seeing as it&amp;#x27;s now neck and neck for performance with Chrome: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;venturebeat.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;browser-benchmark-battle-september-2015-chrome-vs-firefox-vs-edge&amp;#x2F;view-all&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;venturebeat.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;browser-benchmark-battle-s...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>0xFFC</author><text>I think this is perfectly valid point.We can think of it like this, they are pretty competitive and have shitload of resource. but they are not innovative , the moment , they become leader they lose their interest toward growing and growing, although they have huge amount of resource which help them the moment they become underdog. I think this is cultural problem with Microsoft.</text></comment>