"So if Windows 7 matters as little as I think it does
(although the masses of BBC coverage would argue otherwise), what
should we be worrying about? It has been, and still is the issue of
browsers. Making cross browser compatible websites is still a pain
and holds back the creativity of those trying to make decent Web
2.0 applications. But waiting for everyone to comply to the latest
standards is why we're still stuck in the dark ages with no
variables in CSS rendering or a standard way of allowing Web 2.0
applications to become desktop resident, as examples.
"What really makes one browser different from another is
interface, plugins and security. Rendering is such a non-issue that
Microsoft may as well give in and just adopt an open-source
renderer such as Gecko or Webkit. Hell -- that's what Google did
and you certainly can't suggest that Chrome is the same as Safari
-- there is plenty of scope for making it your own. They would be
saving themselves a lot of work as the open source community would
implement the standards for them. Why re-invent and screw up the
wheel?"
