I do not like to use Microsoft products as they have a proven track record of not caring for their customers. They create a beta grade piece of software and release it to the customers as a final product. One example of this is Windows XP; To most of the industry it was a very insecure and unstable OS until service pack 2 (sp2). This operating system was going to be the most secure OS that Microsoft had ever released, it was worm heaven until sp2 which installed a firewall by default. The entire Anti-Virus industry thrives off Microsoft’s bad code.
Microsoft forgot about Internet Explorer (IE) for a good six
years before they decided to patch all of its security holes. This was
great for the anti-virus industry, which would not exist if Microsoft
would keep their code clean. I don’t believe that Mozilla Firefox
would be as large as it is growing to be if Microsoft had just kept IE
secure and up to date. They have finally released a new version of the
browser which is a step in the right direction, but are they now done?
With their current track record I do not expect any future updates to
the software for another six years.
Many people think that I
am anti-Microsoft, this is not necessarily true. What I am against is a
company releasing a product which costs a good hunk of change and then
forgetting about its users. Take for example if a company who makes
TV’s makes a product that crashes at random intervals and anyone can
see what the person is watching. Everyone would be complaining and
would not purchase the product. This is exactly what Microsoft does and
history has proven it time and time again.
I keep waiting for
Microsoft to change its mind on updating its software, the company is
too large at this point. Their focus is so broad that it is hard to
keep everything up-to-date. They are one of the worlds largest and most
successful companies in the world, this is great if the company uses
the success for improving its products. From my experiences Microsoft
does not do this and that is why I choose not to use Microsoft
products.
