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With things like games, you can see that an app could be the only option. While HTML5 is almost there, it still doesn't offer the performance and capabilities of a native app, while Apple's stance on Flash means Flash-based games are a no-no.

That's the best approach for most companies. User feedback and usage stats will then determine the next step.

Are there any stats around how many applications have already upgraded? I can only assume that a low uptake is responsible for the delay. That low uptake could be explained by the large jump in programming skill required.

Despite the security enhancements, it seems a very big imposition on the development community around Twitter that made it big in the first place.

Could the postponement be the first step towards a back-down?

People should remember that before Facebook, MySpace was the unstoppable juggernaut. It's only when there's something to steal Facebook's thunder that it will go the way of MySpace and we'll all forget about it.

Microsoft obviously knows that the only way to kill IE6 is to say it is unsupported software and to stop releasing security updates for it. Until that happens, IT departments will continue to cling to it as part of the default install of Windows XP.

In the context of this post, the Java VM on Windows is a clunky piece of rubbish, with widgets that look like they come from 1996.

There are always reports of astronomical sales in the initial grab, but the hype always fades when people realise that there's no real value from the domains.

There is still no real foreseeable replacement for Microsoft Office (web apps just aren't full replacements yet, and won't be for the foreseeable future), so if that doesn't get rewritten in .Net (which also won't happen in the foreseeable future), we'll have Win32 code around for some time yet.