1) This case is not only about browsers. 2) Usefulness of the tool is not at issue in this case. The issue is illegal dumping of competitors products to put them out of business, a practice clearly prohibited by the Sherman Antitrust Act. 3) Actually a browser is not a natural part of the OS. I refuse to use IE because I do not want my OS shell to crash every time I go to some 'script baby' hacker's site by mistake and it crashes my browser with some JavaScript trick. Not to mention the insecure environment that has been created by excessive integration with products like Outlook (look out). The browser is far better as an app that runs on top of the OS. 4) Hm, I am suspicious of anybody who makes pre-emptive attacks on the rationality of those who disagree with them. Perhaps you could look into some more persuasive rhetorical devices.