This is a concrete step in taking the fight to Microsoft's turf - corporate networks.<p>Now, all they need to do is allow someone to build a sandboxed IE6 instance inside Chrome so those networks still on IE6 for 'enterprise compatibility' can make the switch too.
(of course, I'm jokingly referring to those companies that have critical internal sites, that depend on IE6 and custom plugins and other heresy)
Dupe: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2009183" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2009183</a> (including a lot of comments)