Wow, I learned something new. I had no idea that Sony bought Sonic Foundry (original makers of ACID).

Anyway, MS is bad at making OSs. Just plain bad. I mean, seriously, did you never own a copy of ME? Did you never have your system essentially wrecked by XP SP1? Were you not aware that Win98 (probably the best OS they've ever made, other than server software) crashed while Bill Gates was showing it to the world for the first time? They simply suck at what they do, except being good businessmen.

They are good liars, thieves, and cheats, which is what every good businessman aspires to be, and they have made their money from that. Every aspect of the earlier windows OSs were stolen from Xerox, and every version since the first has only been adding more onto an idea they stole. And you know what? Apple stole the same ideas and managed to do them (slightly) better. The only difference is that MS made their product work with generic hardware while MacOS has always worked with Macs. At this point, I think MS would be in for a world of hell if Apple promoted their OS as something that worked on any computer.

No, MS cannot through experience program a better OS than Sony. Frankly, they can't even make a better OS than their existing competition, and nothing is stopping Sony from buying one of those companies out or hiring many of their employees, unless Sony just chooses not to. MS isn't the best at what they do (if you consider OSes to be what they do), and as long as Sony has a dime to their name that means they can always pay someone to do the job better than MS has. Always.

Nice spin but if you notice what you said "Never, EVER suggest to ssj12 that Microsoft could do anything REMOTELY right when it comes to software." Which brings all software into the discussion.

Yes, Microsoft programmers might be more capable then what they showoff but thats the thing Microsoft doesnt allow them to program meaning the programmers aka developers in the corporate situation sucks. So yes the developement team sucks because Microsoft is an oppressive dictatorship.

Also BS on more in-house software dev resources and know-how. That's complete BS as any company can create their own and hire programmers that have to know-how. Its just up to the company to use it. This is why HOME is being created, the PSN is more stable, the XMB is clean, etc. As long as you don't oppress your programmers great things happen.  

As for money, there are people who love to program that would be willing to be hired for $40k a year. Money is not that major of a factor.

Yea, because he only called you a name and had absolutley no other argument.........

Anyway, in a fair case between ps3 and 360 wouldn't it be relevent to the joury to know that the person defending the 360 is a huge fan and has been caught showing extreme bias in the past?

 I suggest you quit with all this selfrighteousness and suck it up. Leo-j did it and he's only a kid. It about time you show you a little maturity as well.

edit:^^^I am being sincere and genuin by the way. But I think you'll just see this as a personal jab at you. You'll likely come at me with the usual insult and say I need or help or something...oh well.

@ssj12,

It's interesting that you and I are both software developers (I have been one for 20 years), giving our opinion on MS and having the exact same one, and yet starcraft has a totally different one.

StarCraft, what is it you do for a living anyway?

 Where is it that you see ssj12 being a software developer? 

His vgchartz user profile is: 

And the statement about a software developer willing to work for $40k because they like programming is true but why would they choose $40k over $60k when the $60k job also does the same thing?  

 I guess I should have looked farther. I just assumed it's what he did if he wrote his own word processor.

Credibility on the internet is like seeing wind. I've done programming before as well, making rudimentary word processors and even programming a text based mmo years ago. That doesn't make me a software developer.

Just hope they release the in game XMB before I buy a PS3. Other than that.... Never really concerns me..

Good for you PS3 owners, wonder how they actually ahcieved it.