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My God, more shoddy journalism in the tech industry. Randall Kennedywrites that Microsoft may drop Internet Explorer – after IE8 – in favor of a new rendering engine like WebKit (which Safari and Chrome use) or Gecko (Firefox). This sounds reasonable – or at least not outright absurd – unless you either know anything about Internet Explorer or are capable of using Google; in which case, a simple search (for “ie8 new rendering engine”) will lead one to a post on the IEBlog (which itself references a post on A List Apart). Both posts make it very clear that Microsoft embarked on writing a new rendering engine for IE8. In other words, Microsoft already has its “new rendering engine” and has no need to adopt something like Gecko or Webkit – not to mention the support nightmare that would inspire. Given how easy it is to dismiss the premise for Mr. Kennedy’s article, it’s difficult to take it seriously – or see it as anything more than mere shoddy journalism.

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My God, more shoddy journalism in the tech industry. <a href="http:// weblog.infoworld.com/ enterprisedesktop/ archives/2009/ 03/is_version_ 8_th.html">Randall Kennedywrites</a> that Microsoft may drop Internet Explorer - after IE8 - in favor of a new rendering engine like WebKit (which Safari and Chrome use) or Gecko (Firefox). This sounds reasonable - or at least not outright absurd - unless you either know anything about Internet Explorer or are capable of using Google; in which case, a simple search (for "ie8 new rendering engine") will lead one to <a href="http:// blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/ 2008/01/21/compatibility- and-ie8.aspx">a post on the IEBlog</a> (which itself references <a href="http:// www.alistapart.com/articles/ beyonddoctype">a post on A List Apart</a>). Both posts make it very clear that Microsoft embarked on writing a <strong>new rendering engine</strong> for IE8. In other words, Microsoft already has its "new rendering engine" and has no need to adopt something like Gecko or Webkit - not to mention the support nightmare that would inspire. Given how easy it is to dismiss the premise for Mr. Kennedy's article, it's difficult to take it seriously - or see it as anything more than mere shoddy journalism.  My God, more shoddy journalism in the tech industry. <a href="http:// weblog.infoworld.com/ enterprisedesktop/ archives/2009/ 03/is_version_ 8_th.html">Randall Kennedy writes</a> that Microsoft may drop Internet Explorer - after IE8 - in favor of a new rendering engine like WebKit (which Safari and Chrome use) or Gecko (Firefox). This sounds reasonable - or at least not outright absurd - unless you either know anything about Internet Explorer or are capable of using Google; in which case, a simple search (for "ie8 new rendering engine") will lead one to <a href="http:// blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/ 2008/01/21/compatibility- and-ie8.aspx">a post on the IEBlog</a> (which itself references <a href="http:// www.alistapart.com/articles/ beyonddoctype">a post on A List Apart</a>). Both posts make it very clear that Microsoft embarked on writing a <strong>new rendering engine</strong> for IE8. In other words, Microsoft already has its "new rendering engine" and has no need to adopt something like Gecko or Webkit - not to mention the support nightmare that would inspire. Given how easy it is to dismiss the premise for Mr. Kennedy's article, it's difficult to take it seriously - or see it as anything more than mere shoddy journalism.

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