I have always wondered why MSFT is HATED while Apple is well loved...
Windows is based on inferior technology marketed by geniuses. Apple OS X is superior technology marketed by fools.
Because Steve Jobs was COOL and Bill Gates is a geek. Same theme reinforced in those famous “MAC/PC” commercials.
BTW—I don’t take anything away from Jobs or Apple. He did an miraculous job bringing Apple back from near death. Its just that I’ve never been comfortable with either the Applie interface or the cult-like adherence to its products. Maybe my expectations are low—my first computer experience was on a PDP-8 and my first “PC” was an Atari 800.
Because MSFT won. America has a cultural fondness for underdogs.