I disagree with your first point about Microsoft intentionally holding back the web. There has been at least one civil war inside Microsoft over whether or not

I disagree with your first point about Microsoft intentionally holding back the web. There has been at least one civil war inside Microsoft over whether or not to embrace the web. Breaking Windows is a book that documents this conflict: http://www.breakingwindows.net/ http://www.breakingwindows.net/ The Internet doves lost and scattered to the winds, many of them eventually landing at Google like Adam Bosworth (who has since departed).