Gartner (everyone's favourite prognosticator) says MS "could be obsolete" by 2017:

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/microsoft-could-obsolete-2017-gartner-report-154459119.html

>Maybe Craig feels threatened by Google's threat to Microsoft.
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>>As to "how bad Google is" I can't disagree with you more. Google, as a company and as Google search, changed the world in so many ways; to the better. I can't say enough praise about it.
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>>As to specifics of Google toolbar. Two features I use a lot:
>>1. When reading a non-english web site I can hover the mouse over a word and see instant translation
>>2. Check button to spell check what I have just typed.
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>>Can the above two items be done with IE 10?
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>>>Really? After all my discussion of how bad Google is? What is it giving you that isn't native in IE?
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>>>>Do you use Google toolbar with IE 10? I have not updated IE 9 because I am concerned of losing Google toolbar (which I like a lot).