"I can't believe I am saying it but almost anything MSFT releases in response to Google or competitors is inferior but MSFT's products are preferable due to imp

"I can't believe I am saying it but almost anything MSFT releases in response to Google or competitors is inferior but MSFT's products are preferable due to implied longevity. MSFT has inoculated themselves against this parasitic political economy while Google's users are held hostage by it." Yes, precisely. MSFT spent the better part of 50 years honing its selling strategies to companies, and knows how to deliver products. They may suck (and they do), but you know if you build upon them, they will not (generally, with few exceptions) disappear tomorrow. You simply cannot have that faith with google. Gmail, could literally disappear at any moment. How screwed over would we all be if that happened? It won't, because it is the gift that keeps on giving with regards to intelligence gathering. For their real product.