That said, I’m surprised by your backing of webkit… I was under the impression that the prevelance of the webkit- prefix is a source of consternation in the industry.

I did a search for ‘webkit standards’ to see if things had changed recently… and these are a few of the hits:
http://www.webstandards.org/2012/02/09/call-for-action-on-vendor-prefixes/
http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source/webkit-and-why-open-standards-matter-032
http://winsupersite.com/article/product-review/the-webkit-lie-and-the-future-of-web-standards

–As always, opinions that of my own and not my employer –

Oh, and I haven’t even touched on its role as the world’s malware superhighway.  I think I had my latest PC about a week before the first shitty toolbar managed to install itself in IE9.  Kill it.  KILL IT WITH FIRE.

If Microsoft wants to make me nostalgic, revive Netscape Navigator.

Funnily enough, many 90′s Microsoft products would make my list of things that make me feel nostalgic, bad as they were!

Another observation though – lots of people are pointing out that they’re sort of mixing up 70′s, 80′s, and 90′s stuff. The thing is that I remember all of this stuff – including the old-school Apple – from the 90′s. It was a time of rapid technological progress, but it was unevenly distributed… but not really in the Gibsonian way, even. 

We used Apple IIs (with the Oregon Trail featured here) alongside more modern computers (with the next-gen but still old school Oregon Trail, the one they should have used here really) in school – things like that weren’t tossed out and replaced immediately. I had a cassette walkman, too (my dad continued to use them until he got a smartphone last year… and he might still use them, actually, for all I know). And Hungry Hungry Hippos was quite popular for a couple of years, as I recall. 

I’m obviously not the target audience – I didn’t go in for the popular or cool stuff in the 90′s, I knew better even then (and I did use Microsoft stuff, which was never cool, until the early 2000s). I also know better now.

Then again, I suppose Microsoft wants to pretend that life began with Windows 3.11.

“The 80′s almost killed me
Lets not remember them quite so fondly”

Edit: To be clear, I personally think it’s a great thing that there’s healthy competition, and wish everyone weighed their choices intelligently. Choose what’s best for you based on facts, not dogma, as this is the only way to ensure that the environment continues to improve.

–All opinions that of my own, and not my employer–

Also, slap sticks and fanny packs were the bomb, durhay!