I tend to think of Microsoft is backwards because of their reluctance to allow the Internet to be important. For a decade (say, '00 to '10) they basically ignor

I tend to think of Microsoft is backwards because of their reluctance to allow the Internet to be important. For a decade (say, '00 to '10) they basically ignored all the good things about the Internet and tried their best to keep "the old way" relevant. They're slowly getting better (see IE9, Bing and Office Live...all good, but also all very recent) but it's absurd how far behind they are on the Internet. I don't doubt that there are cool, modern projects going on at MS. But they corporate push over the last decade has definitely been: ignore the Internet.