Microsoft just needs to drop IE. Imagine if the next version of Windows came packaged with the latest versions of Firefox, Opera, Konqueror (coming to Windows!), and Safari (beta already on Windows). That would be SWEET.
It's like Microsoft has to hold a monopoly on every IT-related market. Internet browsers (IE8), office software (OOXML), server software (Windows Server 2008), Flash-type software (SilverLight), major social-networking/news/everything sites (recent attempt to buy out Yahoo!).
Why can't they just focus on making a good OS and supporting libraries? I mean, .NET is awesome, and so is DX 10, from what I've heard. They don't have to write the operating system *and* the applications for it. Let us developers handle that part.
Sorry for derailing.
Move along, nothing to see here...
[edit] It's "W3C", btw. ^_^