I get so tired of emotional slashdot reactions (Score 1)

Emotional reactions to Microsoft's dominance will have no effect on that dominance. Microsoft dominates this space, not because they cheated their way to the top like so many like to think. They know good business and developed the products and ISV network to make their platform the most attractive one for a business environment. IBM at one point was way ahead of MS and had victory in the palm of their hands with OS/2 and extremely well integrated products and management tools (for its time). They allowed Microsoft to speed by them with a product as pitiful as Windows 95! That was very sad! (Knowing IBM's product line today, we're probably lucky in the end) However Microsoft continued to target the business user and placed themselves at the top of the heap. Today, no one offers the diversity of tools, knowledge and product integration. Anyone that argues that fact knows nothing of their product line. Microsoft doesn't release revolutionary products. They release evolutionary products. That's the most businesses can consume and Microsoft knows it. When they cut WinFS from Longhorn it wasn't because they didn't have time to include it. They heard from customers that they weren't ready to take on something like that yet. The press eats that stuff up tho. Emotion simply has no place in the corporate environment! This is business, not religion. Microsoft is the competition, not the enemy. You have to outwit and out play them (to steal a line from a popular reality show). Until the competition figures that out, Microsoft will continue to lead this space. Before you can TOPPLE the leader, you need to INTEGRATE with the leader. Simply emulating them and calling them crooks will not cut it. And litegation is not a business model. The first contender to get this will make a whole lot of money! Google comes to mind. Notice their approach to MS. No emotion there. They are quietly and continually innovating (with products that work on Windows!) and adding features to their products. Microsoft however has been caught reacting somewhat emotionally to the successes of Google. Hmmm...