Well, I didn't find the IE9 folks as condescending as the Hotmail crew. Their answers are actually very interesting, they don't appear as incompetents.

EDIT: Sorry. I take it back, I just read this:

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iamnotobama writes:

    Does it work on my ubuntu laptop?

Dear iamnotobama - You may be surprised to hear that it actually does work on your laptop. It's a three-step process:

   1. Install Windows 7
   2. Install IE9, and
   3. Enjoy the Beauty of the Web.

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