>Pardon me, but you posted 20 comments to this discussion and your only “claim” is backed up by you saying “which it is”? Ok then, it's not in Microsoft's best

>Pardon me, but you posted 20 comments to this discussion and your only “claim” is backed up by you saying “which it is”? Ok then, it's not in Microsoft's best interest to keep users on IE? If you don't think the logic is plain enough to stand on its own please tell me why. How is it good for Microsoft to lose market share? That was my claim. It isn't good from their point of view for themselves to lose users. I don't think I need a citation there. >How does anyone know it’s “best to keep them on their [old] software”? IE8 isn't their old software. It's their current software. IE9 is the new software which hasn't been released to their users. >If no one used IE8, would not Microsoft also be free to use newer web standards to create better, faster-loading web apps with less development time? Their plan is to migrate to IE9 which is a good browser. This is their plan for being able to create better, faster-loading Web apps with less development time. The best part is we all benefit from this. >What benefit to Microsoft is there having IE8 users? Migration path to IE9. In the mean time it's better for the entire world that IE6 users become IE8 users and eventually upgrade to IE9. Literally it would be best if they were Chrome or Firefox users but let's don't get silly -- most users don't care and it's not Microsoft's job to sell those users on other people's software.