Re: UK is doomed!!!
It should be the year of the browser. A Pig to program.. but then you can use whatever browser if you did your job well.
Corporate computers should run a hosted machine unless mobile (virtual desktops, etc).. and ppl should be careful about running things on the cloud.. it is really expensive.
We run most of our services on the cloud, for the very simple reason that we are a small company and dont want to have to be "on the ready" 24/7.