It got superseeded by HTML5 which must be an acronym for web 3.5

"If you want to use a browser (which is the prime example of client software) on a server you are an idiot"
No sir, You are. A Terminal Server or XenApp Server do have the need for all kind of user software including a browser.
Before you speak you probably should ask yourself: "What do we try to do here".

Who was speaking of a large network here ? The Windows 7 is a pita (but far better than Vista) in stand alone mode.
We don't do Windows clients in our corporate network... far too much work to maintain, we use Linux and OS X,
Windows applications are running on 4 large Citrix XenApp servers.
I'm maintaining 4 servers instead of 120 PC, I must be stupid.

"The real question is, can Windows 7 run properly?"
Nope, it keeps asking me for admin password all the time. ...and on Windows servers it became next to impossible to use a browser.

Tits or GTFO!

You are looking at the wrong end of the problem, the client is not the real problem... The real problem is the infrastructure which is expensive to obtain and maintain.
Skype runs servers in almost all countries, servers that provides SkypeOut and SkypeIn calls for a local fee, a free alternative would need that kind of service too.

Nope... 802.11n may either run on 2.4GHz (b/gn) or 5GHz (an) but needs dual radios to run on both frequencies on the same time.
True dual band AP's are quite expensive, even switchable band AP's cost much more than b/gn AP's: a Zyxel NWA-3166 has a list price of USD 200.

...did have 789 on the top row but this was changed to 123 to make danish phones like phones around the world (and to match the DTMF layout).

I still have an at least one phone with 789 on the top row.

We could ship bulk cargo in containers, it would need some modifications but lot less than those folding containers: we just need to be able to tilt the container so the door is at the top, fill it with bulk cargo, close the doors and tilt back... and mark it "DANGER! BULK CARGO" so nobody opens the door.

No! Flash stinks, it's a CPU hog.
The biggest problem with iOS not having flash is addressed by Adobes solution.
Flash games ? Fuck games, if the game developer want his game out on iOS device he have to do it the right way: make an app.