[blibble]

I dunno, it seemed to work pretty well.

if they hadn't undermined themselves by developing XMLHTTPRequest I wonder if we'd still be on Windows using IE

[ceejayoz]

It worked well for a while. Then the DOJ nearly broke up the company, IE6 became a pariah, and they've had to spend the last decade rebuilding trust.

People will be more wary in the future, as well.