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Business is business - and M$ learned how to adapt. My *hate* for a company is really gonna show up in the financial reports. Companies make products and could care less if you buy them or not. I have Vista on my laptop and I like it a lot. I liked XP. I like OSX. I grew up on FORTRAN and reading computer magazines that forced me to program code in order to play a game.

I think M$ is hated on because of success. Folks are quick to say 'They should exit the video game biz' and 'Their OSes suck' but can't for the life of them make something that will dethrone it. And when they do make something that's cooler, slicker, folks hate.

It's like a crab in a bucket filled with crabs. When one tries to climb out, the others pull them back.

Business is business. Successful companies adapt, beg, borrow and steal.