As I said, there's nothing wrong with your point of view. There's no denying that in the history of the web, those were important moments. I'd say the creatio

As I said, there's nothing wrong with your point of view. There's no denying that in the history of the web, those were important moments. I'd say the creation of the web browser, HTML, HTTP, were even larger moments. And in that regard, Microsoft and Google are standing side-by-side on the shoulders of giants. And I'd go further and say that when Google decided to make JavaScript performance a top-priority, and started pushing HTML5 standards, Microsoft has been the one playing catch-up. I'd say that those efforts enabled Microsoft to produce Metro, which is core to their new push.