IE 6 or 7? also Java ?

[kopilo]

Then again, since unlike Netscape and FireFox, Microsoft does have to contend with producing operating systems and providing support for older ones, they sort of don't have the time to devote to newer stuff like FireFox has.

Maybe they should make IE optional in their operating systems then...

 

[AmazingLoveAmazingGrace]

Maybe they should.

Although I do find it rather odd that Microsoft have an article that actually teaches users how to make their PCs crash on command - self-BSOD'ing, off all things!

 

[raphink]

Then again, since unlike Netscape and FireFox, Microsoft does have to contend with producing operating systems and providing support for older ones, they sort of don't have the time to devote to newer stuff like FireFox has.

Are you serious?

Microsoft has more money than any other company in the world. They hire thousands of developers and they release an Operating System that hardly does one tenth of what Linux OSes do by default.

On the other hand, Firefox is run by the Mozilla Foundation and is mostly developped by volunteers, as most open-source software.

Can you explain me how a company releasing a not-so-good half-of-a-basic-OS with as much money as they want can get to not provide proper features while a few volunteers with almost no money can do much better?

Let's be serious

 

[Qyöt27]

Can you explain me how a company releasing a not-so-good half-of-a-basic-OS with as much money as they want can get to not provide proper features while a few volunteers with almost no money can do much better?

Simply put = if MS can sell a low-quality product to the unsuspecting consumer for a metric crapload of money, they'll do it. People involved with open-source software and do largely volunteer work often have a perfectionist streak, genuinely care about what they're doing, or actually take pride in their work, or any combination of the above. I know there's a psychological explanation for it, but people that have a sense of worth and higher purpose are more likely to put their all into developing something or doing a task than one whose only motivation is to get paid.

I know that what you said was more than likely rhetorical, but I felt like answering it anyway.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

Simply put = if MS can sell a low-quality product to the unsuspecting consumer for a metric crapload of money, they'll do it. People involved with open-source software and do largely volunteer work often have a perfectionist streak, genuinely care about what they're doing, or actually take pride in their work, or any combination of the above. I know there's a psychological explanation for it, but people that have a sense of worth and higher purpose are more likely to put their all into developing something or doing a task than one whose only motivation is to get paid.

I know that what you said was more than likely rhetorical, but I felt like answering it anyway.

Spot on.

 

[AmazingLoveAmazingGrace]

Well, looks like someone saved me from answering that question.

Microsoft is more concerned about ensuring an influx of cash than producing an OS that's got few to no problems with it and putting some effort into their work; the amount of patches they have to release to keep Windows machines going speaks for itself.