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Agreed. Neglecting issues of open vs. closed source (for whom that matters), the question boils down to "would you refuse to use an arbitrary program because it's named IE". Of course not.

Probably right, the long Microsoft release cycles may work for OS's and Office but makes it very hard from them to stay at the cusp of browser technology with the fast moving constantly releasing competition.

My gut level reaction says "sure, I'd use it," but the more I think about it, the more that I remember the whole reason we're in this position is that when Microsoft got ahead, they let the tech lag. If both IE9 and IE10 were both better, then I'd probably give it a shot.

I'd be shocked if this were to actually happen.