john morrissey

uk

marketing, design and generally loafing

If I had to guess, I'd say the writer of tis article is approximately my age, i.e. mid-40's, maybe a little younger. Maybe you're missing the point a little.
1 - We're shaped by corporate existence - what's the non-IE browser share outside the corporate environment?
2 - You really think 'most internet users' don't know what browser they're on? What's the under/over 35 split on that?
3 - Distribution - file sharing networks...? A Google link? Please refer to the demographic comment above
4 - Google backlash? Find someone with a seriously bad opinion of Google and I'll be pleased to meet them
5 - Open standards - who's not going to work with them, other than MS?
I'm no Google fanboy but this seems like a really smart move, particularly if they can achieve a base for their apps to have seamless persistence, for those of us that don't live in continuous wifi environment