Nice article (if a bit long)! The nuggets were the description of architects (smart but conservative until they see a strong reason for change) and the architect's description of OSX (a stable, efficient Unix version as kernel plus the user-friendliness of Mac).

I'm a fellow Windows dork but you're tempting me!

I'm also impressed by the amount of info in the comments (e.g. Mozilla dead slow except with Win32's very efficient compiler).

I think I'll bookmark this site!