IBM, Oracle and some other big software house actually charge more than Microsoft (sometime even double). I know this because I've talked to one of the MS product unit manager regarding MS prices.
I don't think there's any company that has offering such as MSDN subscription.
In the sense of their products are crappy.... I'd say that is a statement with no reasonable arguments. Vista Ultimate comes with Windows Media Center which is far more usable and better than Apple Front Row.
I would extend my argument further that there is no software company out there that can provide the services/features as good as MS given its size. Most companies died before they can even reach half of MS features. You can argue that's a feature bloat but I need them rather than a set of dis-integrate software with poor interop.
You're right, I didn't really give any solid reasons for what I said, but I didn't intend to. My point was to state that I, personally, do not like Microsoft, but I am still opposed to the decision that was made against them.
I don't think there's any company that has offering such as MSDN subscription.
In the sense of their products are crappy.... I'd say that is a statement with no reasonable arguments. Vista Ultimate comes with Windows Media Center which is far more usable and better than Apple Front Row.
I would extend my argument further that there is no software company out there that can provide the services/features as good as MS given its size. Most companies died before they can even reach half of MS features. You can argue that's a feature bloat but I need them rather than a set of dis-integrate software with poor interop.