*sniff*, well spoken. They suck sh*t through a straw, and the quality of the current effort has nothing to do with that fact. Its based on *years* of history, and mega-hours of misery, not one steenkin release candidate that might arguably have some well done features.

Its not that I hate them for the quality of the browser not released yet, despite having probably a 100 chances to do something right, but because of all the years I spent having to deal with buggy and bloated code from a company whose business model embraces mediocrity and dishonesty -- on multiple levels. A leopard does not change its spots. They can't be trusted, period. They have done much more to harm the advance of technology than to help it. That's what chafes most people's arses. They are the problem (or part of it), not the solution.

The New York Times essentially covered the same story today in the business section, which has to make it news, right? Its kinda "man bites dog" thing, I guess (with a back beat).

It may be the most perfect software ever written, but it is not open, its not free, and its not inclusive. So its exclusive, proprietay, and elitist. On top of that it doesn't do anything significantly better than the competition they are trying to use their market share to squelch. Its just a f'n shame that our leaders who espouse freedom, don't get it.