Windows is annoying largely because Microsoft has insufficient competition. If you want to "do real business", you pretty much have to use Windows. Google was g

Windows is annoying largely because Microsoft has insufficient competition. If you want to "do real business", you pretty much have to use Windows. Google was giving MS a run for their money, but seems they mostly backed away for some reason. MS can be a jerk because the penalty for jerk-hood is too small. What would partially help is a state-ful GUI markup standard so we could run both web and desktop GUI apps smoothly on Windows and other OS's. I realize Java applets tried similar, but they tried to be an entire virtual OS and app platform, biting off more than they could manage. Just focus on being a GUI browser and only a GUI browser, rather than a Swiss army knife. Do one job and do it well.