But doing the extra work for IE is not economically viable. As a web developer, I spend at least as much time modifying my CSS to make IE happy as I do developing the site in the first place. So my labor is doubled, which means my costs are doubled. And for what? Vendor lock-in. That is not of any benefit to me.

IE is only where it is because of illegal tying of the OS to the web browser. As many people have said, most users just use the browser that comes installed on their computer.

I started learning to program computers 35 years ago and I have never been into games because I have more fun programming than playing. I would rather figure out a way to get data from a database with fewer calls than figure out how to kill the ogre with the magic sword.

If you never listened by Bone Phone, you don't know.

Yeah, I am a small Internet business owner. I can't imagine the time it would take me to manage tax rates for all 50 states and to pay 50 states at the end of the quarter. That will bite.

Citation required. Your anecdotal information is not valid here.

If nobody lived in the country, what would you eat? Good luck with raising cattle on the roof of your apartment building.

It's totally useful. I used it to check the sound level differences of noise coming off of fans and harddrives. The electro-magnetic spectrum analyzer is useful also. The tool is in the hands of the user, not the intent of the maker.

Captain Kirk had a tablet long before Bill Gates had in idea.

Then why would you make another run at a loss after you were sold out?

You've never had a Packard Bell, have you?

I live in Texas. My son was sent to Alternative Education, (jail for students), for not having a close enough shave. His chin whiskers got him in trouble. AEP ruined his education. He eventually dropped out and got a GED instead. All because he did not shave close enough. My friends child got the same punishment because his hair touched his collar.

when I could see music flowing out of the speakers.

You mean that if I write a Windows 8 application, it will run on Windows 8?? AMAZING!

This is the kind of problem you have when you totally code with entry level or outsourced programmers. ANY programmer with a few years of experience would see that one coming.

That is why Microsoft was found guilty of abusing their monopoly in the desktop market to take over the browser market.