>And, you can't blame them.
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>They are being yanked around like a dog on a chain.
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>And what about the consumer? How many will put their sensitive data into "the clouds" on a Microsoft web server (or anyone elses) only to have it held hostage while escalating 'license fees' and 'per-use fees' are extracted from them. The only ones with free access to ANYONES data will be the Russian hackers who already own microsoft.com.
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>The NYT has an article about a coder who was working with MS on SOAP, but near the end of his collaberation he noticed that MS snuck into the code limitations that restricted optimum use of SOAP to those who use MS tools only. He vented his spleen on NYT, and on his webpage, DaveNet. Microsoft is doing its best to gain total control of the internet and, in effect, make it propriatary property. Embrace, and then if you can't Extend, then Extinquish.

It's no wonder so many people hate MS. I used to work for an ISP that would remove windows and install OS2 just because the owner of the company hated MS so much. I personally don't "hate" them, but I don't trust them at all.