Not diasgreeing with your main point (that MS will have to go with the same standards as everyone else), I think you wastly overestimate the importance and impa

Not diasgreeing with your main point (that MS will have to go with the same standards as everyone else), I think you wastly overestimate the importance and impact Chrome OS will have. Chrome OS will be the most niché OS ever, just slightly ahead of Linux in the client-market.