"Look at the first release of Edge, which was built on a heavily modified version of the Internet Explorer engine. It failed miserably, so Microsoft killed it and replaced it with a browser built on the open-source Chromium codebase, while keeping the name. It's now a core part of Windows 11 and is tolerated by web designers and end users in a way that its predecessors never could manage."
"Or how about Cortana? That was Microsoft's attempt to build a digital assistant to compete with Apple's Siri. It launched with great fanfare in 2014 and belly-flopped. It was unceremoniously deprecated in 2020. But Microsoft didn't give up on the idea of a smart assistant, which now exists in a much more prominent capacity as Copilot. You may have heard of it."
Windows 10 is officially unsupported and Windows 11 is approaching its fifth anniversary, signaling an impending new Windows release. Microsoft frequently revisits past ideas and learns from failures when designing the next OS. The initial Edge failed and was replaced by a Chromium-based browser that now ships with Windows 11. Cortana failed but evolved into the more prominent Copilot assistant. The Surface RT experience demonstrates the risks of ARM hardware paired with limited app support. Future Windows development will likely recycle concepts, double down on Copilot, and balance ARM ambitions against compatibility lessons from past mistakes.
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