What is best and what is not is dependent on a lot of factors, and if you think that microsoft is 'the best' then you should realize that what is best for you may not be best for everybody else.
I didn't realize we were potentially in competition, but I sincerely wish you the best possible success.
Allow me to restate: Keep an open mind and make business decisions based on rational analysis, or your business will suffer as a result.
I'd say the same to you if you were angry with Apple or In & Out Burger.
So, of course you'd have made the same remark if I were angry with Apple or In and Out Burger.
Now, I have no experience with 'In and Out Burger', but Apple's antics of late have given me reason to regret buying an Imac for myself and my son a little while ago.
It is almost as though ever corporation that strikes it big in software immediately feels the need to not just taste but swallow, they literally want it all. I don't feel comfortable about that, and if that means I'll make a few bucks less, then so be it.
But so far it hasn't given me the feeling that I'm making less bucks, in fact I'm probably making considerably more.
To the tune of a substantial amount of money since I decided to leave microsoft behind me.
How is it working out for you on the other side of that line?
Are you happy? Profitable? Supported Well?
Then that's all good.
As a community of startup founders, we're all in the game to make money, and as such we're all nominally competing against one another, albeit on a very low level.
Whenever I see somebody making a business decision based on emotion rather than technical analysis, I can't help but crack a little smile. One more potential competitor has weakened himself just that little bit.
Closed minds in others are a competitive advantage for your business.