Is it too early to use HTML5

Question

I was wondering if it it too early to use HTML5 for a production site. Should I rather wait 6-12 months until users have updated to compatible html5 browsers? This leads me to,

Answer 1

No - see http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/html-5-snapshot-2009 or http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/16/html5-and-the-future-of-the-web/