> So we are very differently positioned than we were when Firefox/Chrome overtook IE. I would agree, but not for the reason you state. IE was the standard back

> So we are very differently positioned than we were when Firefox/Chrome overtook IE. I would agree, but not for the reason you state. IE was the standard back then, too. The difference is that once it was "good enough", Microsoft reduced investment in it and allowed it to stagnate. Others caught up in terms of compatibility and passed it in terms of usability. Google, on the other hand, invests so much that no on else can keep up, and knows that this is the means by which they maintain control over the web (and web standards).