It seems to me that many people think in the short term. "They got away with it for years" is the same as "they got away with it" to them. Microsoft is defini

It seems to me that many people think in the short term. "They got away with it for years" is the same as "they got away with it" to them. Microsoft is definitely paying for their hubris now... Or at least, they were. It seems that they've managed to offset that enough that people respect them again. To me, they will always be that company that decided to just bulldoze everyone else and force their way on everyone. That doesn't mean I don't use their products. But it does mean I always look for alternatives. Having said that, there are precious few companies out there that I don't feel that way about now. I'm struggling to come up with any that aren't game developers at the moment.