"scott" <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote:
> They are a
> company - they act to generate maximum profit for their shareholders.

and are able to get around delivering crappy software to their customers because
there's no competition around.  Linux is a different beast with a different API
and mindset and so is Mac, which is even worse because of the different
price-range.

Real competition for MS would be when someone tried to support applications
written for MS Windows and make sure they run fine in their platform.  They
could use wine and mono for a headstart and perhaps run a Linux kernel
underneath.

Until then, all that's left for consumers are the offerings from a monopoly.
And consumers are ok with it because there's no way around it and besides they
want to make sure shareholders are happy. :P

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