A Computer Science Approach to Traffic Congestion

Technology GeneralComments(8) February 15, 2008

In 2007 we bore witness to one of the biggest *perceived* setbacks in html email history, Microsoft switched Outlook’s rendering engine from Internet Explorer to Word. Even now in 2008, cries of foul are still ringing out, but I think something much bigger is at play here.

No, the switch-over wasn’t a bumbling move of a giant corporation, I believe it was a bold and precisely calculated move for some pretty spectacular software to come.

You see, Microsoft is waging war to retain it’s market share and Outlook just happens to be one of those battlegrounds....