As you know, now Microsoft is developing the Chromium-based Edge browser, trying to offer users and companies numerous tools, including Internet Explorer compatibility mode. This is expected to help enterprise users use existing and legacy services in the new browser.
However, the developers from Redmond do not intend to completely remove Internet Explorer from Windows 10. This applies to all editions of the OS - from home to corporate. Moreover, the old browser will be supported as before. We are talking about IE11.
The reason is simple. Internet Explorer is available in almost all versions of Windows, and many government agencies, banks, and so on continue to use programs and services written strictly for it. Curiously, Internet Explorer is more popular than the old version of Microsoft Edge (which is based on the EdgeHTML engine), and most of its users are still on Windows 7. Everyone else has opted for more modern alternatives in the form of Chrome, Firefox, and so on.
In general, Microsoft does what it usually does well. Namely, it pulls into the future the whole heap of compatibility for its own and not only its products. Although it would be much more logical to release standalone versions of the same Internet Explorer so that it can be installed on any PC, regardless of the OS used. However, this will most likely never happen.
Source: 3dnews.ru