well better then the MS do the same thing and paying them for it I suppose?

lets take another angle on this. what if a little known company set up and created a viable alternative to windows. I doubt the reactions would be the same. why do some people hate large companies and others have such a strong allegiance.

If you look at these things at product level then I imagine we would all have different opinions.

I hate the idea of Twitter simply because of all the hype and the fact that there are so many idots that want to let others know their business.
I have never even logged on to the twits web site and have a firm opinion. I had a simaler opinion of the Ipod and that changed the day I got one.