Last time I touched it, Oracle's accounting package required IE6 or IE7 (not 8!) to function, even though the UI was a single java applet running inside the browser. The login process would fail with any other client.

This is not a terribly unusual case. There are often mysterious dependencies on Windows even where logically, none should exist.

Yes, look at IBM now. They're the world's leading holder of technology patents and the world's second largest software vendor.

If we abuse Oracle enough, we can cause the #2 and #3 software vendors to change places!

Cisco also sells a prominent line of layer-3 switches (almost routers) based on Linux, running "NX-OS." The interface is similar to classic IOS.

(IOS-XR, however, is QNX.)

Taking the daily recommended maximum dose of alcohol will not destroy your liver.
Taking double the daily recommended maximum dose of alcohol will not destroy your liver.
Taking triple the daily recommended maximum dose will not destroy your liver.

Alcohol will cause acute CNS depression and kill you long before it causes acute liver damage. Only chronic abuse allows it to scar your liver. The same is not true of acetaminophen.