A post on explains, "building a new browser for the ten-year old version of Windows that came with IE6 didn't make sense to us because of the limitations of its graphics and security architectures. Others have dropped support on Windows XP for functionality that we think is fundamental to performance. As Windows 7 usage , the sense in building for the future of the Web rather than the past is clear."

The Microsoft blog post also contains a number of references to rival browser--mostly Firefox--and trumpets why Microsoft's vision for the future of the Web is the right one. Meanwhile, Mozilla has agents feverishly slamming Microsoft's approach on Twitter, and making a case for why the Mozilla Web culture makes more sense.

Honestly, though, Microsoft and Mozilla are both getting annoying with their thinly-veiled jabs, and incessant stream of tweets slamming one another. For the love of all that's holy, just shut up and build your browser. Let the and stop trying to sell developers, or the general public on why your approach to delivering the Web experience is more noble than the next.