o_O Holy shit at this thread... I'll put in my two cents here, just for the hell of it.
I personally do not like Microsoft that much.. they are good employers now, of course. It's easy to do that once you are rolling in so much cash. But personally there are a few reasons I don't like them. First of all, the have an OS monopoly, sure, it is true that having one OS worldwide makes everything more compatible etc, but the lack of competition has left OS research and development behind. Believe it or not, technologically speaking, our operating systems haven't evolved much, and the pace at which they are evolving is slow. Point is we need more competition in the OS market.
If for once you believe MS hasn't played dirty in the business game, please do us all a favor and jump... from a very high cliff. Microsoft has infringed and has been sued by various private corporations, and even the United State and Europe (although these aren't due to being "unfair" per se). The thing is, it's actually cheaper for MS to pay these settlements and fines instead of spending money on research and development themselves. If you want some examples, go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation
I don't hate the company with as much passion as other users here, but I don't respect them much. The only respect I have for them is that they make an OS which has to run on multiple machines of different brands.. Huge respect there, but no where else.
