Microsoft Hatred FAQ 5128

Let me guess: Microsoft.

I am quite sure about that one.

I doubt that. But even if you're right, do you really think that MS is the only evil company on earth working like this? Do you really think that companies like Disney, Sony, Intel, AMD, Apple, etc work any different?

Maybe you define perfectly different then me, but have a look at the Acid tests for example. Even between minor versions of for example Firefox, or Opera there are differences in rendering. I won't call that perfectly, but maybe because I am a programmer.

Is that why people who design websites use both Firefox and Opera for testing? IIRC there are ambiguous parts in the CSS working drafts, and Opera thinks their interpretation is correct, which, (again IIRC) differs from other developers. Once the render engine is stable (my best guess, another 5-7 years), there will be (for quite some time) new things, that will worry developers of sites.

Others just pick Intel, because it's Intel. The same is happening for MS. People just buy MS, they don't care that it's cheaper (or maybe "cheaper") to install Linux + OpenOffice (for example). MS, so it's good.

As soon as the customer thinks the product is finished, the producer will create new things that should be there. How much more features do you want in an Office application? An instant message application? Do you need nudges, winks, voice samples? Wait until MSN Messenger 8 comes out, and then 9, maybe 10?

Can you name big companies that don't do this?

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