Why do people hate microsoft?

I didn't know people did hate microsoft, don't we have a lot to be gratefful for from microsoft, I feel without their input we wouldn't have as much as we do with the internet, maybe because they have made so much money, the tall poppy syndrome as we call it here in Australia, I am still in the mind that the internet is one of the best things ever and lets face it this technology is so great you would think it would all cost an absolute fortune to access so I am very grateful....

I have bough my computer with ME and I still use it. I never was happy with ME. A friend has XP and I do not like that not either. I was happy when I got rid of IE and replaced it with firefox. Right now I am having massive proplems with Outlook Express. Every time I run up such problems I curse on Bill Gates. I forget, I dislike msn and their stupid ineffective search engine. Microsoft support is so expensive, forget it. I do not find help for my problems. I want to buy a new computer. I will save on cost of programs. I have another friend who runs Linux on his computer. He never has problems, he never catches a virus. Linux accepts firefox. Linux looks good. Linux is free. It doesn`t cost a thing. I do not care whether I get Suse linux, Ubuntu Linux or Kubunto linux or yet another one. Linux is problem free and does not cost a penny. I am so tired of this microsoft junk.

I do not have anything against Microsoft itself and I do not see any reason for having anything against it.Well may be I do not like the IE browser because of it's slowness.

I'm a Microsoft supporter but i think some of the reasons why people hate Microsoft are the following: * shoddy overpriced products * they lie * they hate the success of Microsoft * they just like the products of other company

Hi magicalangel!! I dont know whether most of the people hate microsoft..But i am not the one..If microsoft was not there then we will lack so many good technoologies..Yes i too have problems with their softwares sometimes but i wont go to a hating extent..I heard that Bill gates is doing so many public welfare things.thats good i really admire.Good Luck!!

I'm not sure. I don't hate Microsoft at all. I generally never have problems with it. A lot of the time I can just use XP just fine. I like XP and Vista's not bad. I never really hear too much negative about it to be quite honest talking to people directly.

I think people hate it because none wants to be chained or ruled by somebody and thats what microsoft does at times.you see we really would like to have full control over something that we buys,but inspite of we using the windows original operating system ,we are not allowed full control over kernel.as you know windows source code is still not revealed and with such a condition,its really annnoying or irritating.also with the rise of linux and free software concepts,people are more attracted towards as they feel free software happens to be ethically correct.microsoft has already i dentified the distaste about them in the public and has infact started the required measures.sonn you can expect a free software package from microsoft.

Indeed Microsoft is a topmost company in the world and it makes the things for customer and ven employees.But the thing is that i will not accept a dictator any way who kills my right to ask against the product?You know microsoft is one of the company which is making monopoly over customer compelling the customer to use products and make them addicted?Microsoft i n short rules over the software in the field of marketing,system software,OS because of its policy and soon it has to change its policy to rule over customer but it had to leave them with freedom