The Internet Explorer IQ Hoax and the State of Tech Blogging — SiliconFilter

There is also a general undercurrent of anti-Microsoft sentiment on most blogs that makes it even easier for a story like this to get through without even an ounce of fact checking (something most blogs don’t do anyway: you publish first, edit later and then update the story as necessary). If the story had claimed that Safari users were significantly dumber than Chrome users, chances are we would have seen a bit more pushback and less glee.

The Internet Explorer IQ Hoax and the State of Tech Blogging — SiliconFilter

The author of this post, Frederic Lardinois, listed several reasons this story, which could have and should have been easily proven to be hoax wasn’t.  However, I’d like to point out the final reason, quoted above.  The “anti-Microsoft” stance taken by many in the tech industry.  This is the same reason many of Microsoft’s services are underreported, some of the excellent products are actively avoided (cough, Windows Phone, cough) and a general lackadaisical attitude anything Microsoft produces.  Its unfortunate and slowly, but surely, chipping away at the ability for the company to succeed.