QuoteAnderson argued that Windows 8 RT -- a version of the Windows OS rewritten from the ground up to support the ARM processors powering nearly every tablet and smartphone today -- prohibits any browser but Internet Explorer from running the classic Windows desktop.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/10/microsoft-will-ban-chrome-firefox-from-windows-8-mozilla-says
It simply amazes me at times how Microsoft repeatedly insists on shooting itself in the foot.
This does seem like a foolish move on their part.
I consider myself reasonably techno savvy but why in the world would MS put their entire OS on the line to shut out competing browsers? I guess I just don't understand the economics of browsers.