scott wrote:
>> I beg to differ.
> 
> I don't.

There's a surprise...

> You are just blaming MS because they write some of the most 
> complex software that is used by a huge number of people.  Of course 
> there will be bugs - it simply isn't profitable to write big bits 
> of software for home/office use that are totally bullet-proof.

No, 100% bug-free would be pretty damn hard. But M$ is the largest and 
most profitable corporation that has ever existed in the history of 
mankind. If they actually cared, they could produce a vastly superior 
product and still make a stackload of money. The point is THEY DON'T 
CARE. They produce a barely-functional product and people still buy is. 
So why bother making a quality product when people will buy crap?

Of course, if there were actually some viable competition, people would 
realise that it is *not* "normal" for computer software to be buggy and 
unreliable, and people would switch. Unfortunately, thanks to M$, this 
situation will never arise. If anybody starts making really good 
software, they'll just get bought...

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