My bloviated meandering follows what David Wilkinson graced us with on 9/28/2011 5:35 AM:
It seems that Windows 8 will have an entirely new mode of operation called Metro (alongside the traditional desktop). Although primarily targeted to tablets using touch, Metro will also be available using mouse/keyboard on regular desktops and laptops.

Metro apps are sand-boxed and are written in a new runtime called WinRT, using C++, C#, VB.NET or Javascript.

The developer preview already has a plugin-free Metro version of IE 10, and they seem to be working on Live Mail also.

So where does this leave SeaMonkey/FireFox/Thunderbird? Is Mozilla just going to concede the Metro experience to Microsoft?

Unless Microsoft seriously changes their Win8 design from what I've seen on the Dev release, I predict they will be as successful with it as they were with Kin/Win Phone 7/Vista.

I personally wouldn't worry about it until they produce something that looks innovative and gives people a reason to consider it.

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