Originally Posted by eric_bobbitt P.S. Nobody Should ever hail Microsoft. . . Ever.

Nobody should hail any software, but there are plenty of fan boys who do so. On both sides of the fence.

Originally Posted by TimLowe A lot of people love to hate big things.

Indeed.
Hating things because they are popular or big had a brief window in the early 90's where it was avante-guard. Since then, it's become the hypocritical dividing line that mall kids fall on either side of.

Originally Posted by TimLowe w3, who set the standards.

If they were actually standards their wouldn't be a problem.