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GE is just an example. Read "GE" as any one of 100s of clinical, financial, and logistics vendors that are locked into a certain # of 9s on their uptime (or face real, tangible financial penalties). The latest greatest browser is not what is going to deliver that, the “October 18, 2006” browser that their development teams have had 4 years to work out every possible thing that could ever go wrong in a million years is what is going to deliver that. And when they collectively, as an industry, decide to make the natural progression to IE8, that will happen with little fanfare. Just another day at the office.
I can guarantee that faster downloads, killer graphics and sweet facebook apps are not what is going to drive business decisions. Some things are serious, and the “uncool” browser is going to be unsurprisingly the correct choice for people who have actual work to do.
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There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your
expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track.
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